How to Use try for in a Sentence

try for

phrasal verb

• Suarez would try for the seat four years later and get 85% of the city's vote.
  — Lindsey Griswold, ABC News, 22 Aug. 2023
• It’s been trying for the 80-year-old actor, to say the least.
  — Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 20 Dec. 2023
• Coming off lows in the mid-20s to near freezing, highs seem to try for the mid-40s at this point.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 18 Nov. 2023
• That said, these ideas are worth a try for anyone, not just picky eaters.
  — Jamie Ballard, Good Housekeeping, 30 June 2023
• Amy has tried for six weeks but cannot find a home nor a foster home.
  — Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2024
• Best Delta 8 Products Want to give Delta 8 a try for yourself?
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 8 July 2023
• Vybz Kartel was tried for the murder of Clive Williams, which took place in 2011.
  — Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 1 Aug. 2024
• But he has never been tried for his actions during the wars in Liberia.
  — Ruth MacLean, New York Times, 3 May 2024
• The past few weeks have been trying for the family of Loretta Lynn.
  — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 13 Feb. 2024
• Temperatures try for the mid-60s for highs in most spots.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 25 Sep. 2023
• Wanting to try for a home birth, Breana met with a midwife.
  — Wendy Grossman Kantor, Peoplemag, 28 Feb. 2024
• But South bid four hearts, and when North tried for slam with a cue bid of five diamonds, South leaped to six hearts.
  — Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 28 July 2024
• In the meantime, the Yanks will try for a win in Sunday’s series finale with Carlos Rodón on the hill.
  — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 27 July 2024
• State lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have tried for years to rein in title lending.
  — Joel Jacobs, ProPublica, 13 July 2023
• Temperatures will try for the upper 70s as winds blow from the north around 10 mph.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2023
• Afterward, the students asked to try for themselves, and took turns striking the wood.
  — Joshua Barone, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2024
• What is the must-have product to try for those getting into skincare?
  — Kenyatta Victoria, Essence, 13 July 2023
• Transferred to Poland, he was tried for murder and sentenced to death by hanging.
  — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Jan. 2024
• This trail-blazing suburb has tried for 60 years to tackle race.
  — Laura Meckler, Washington Post, 16 Aug. 2023
• The shortstop tried for the force at second, but threw the ball into right field and Baker scampered home with the winning run.
  — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2024
• The trial is historic because Biden is the first child of a sitting president to be tried for a crime.
  — Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 11 June 2024
• But the court said Trump could be tried for unofficial or private acts.
  — Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 5 Sep. 2024
• He was crushed twice before he was encouraged to try for State Senate in 1996.
  — Shawn Hubler, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2024
• Sandy was with Clement Mansell (Boyd Holbrook) when he was arrested in 2017 and tried for murder.
  — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 July 2023
• Still on the warm and humid side, with temperatures trying for 90 in many spots.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2023
• At the time, only a handful of coffee shops had unionized in the U.S., even though labor groups had been trying for decades.
  — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2023
• Orange Lutheran is trying for the same feat on the diamond.
  — Dan Albano, Orange County Register, 14 May 2024
• Then, in an Oakland County courtroom, his parents were tried for their part in the mayhem.
  — Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 9 Apr. 2024
• While Hollywood has tried for years to bring Hot Wheels to the big-screen, this appears to be the first time Matchbox has been developed as a movie.
  — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Sep. 2024
• Best Phil sight gag: trying for a cool exit and walking backwards into a coat rack.
  — Tanya Melendez, EW.com, 29 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 20 Nov 2024