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
  • But rarely mentioned is the prize money that players leave on the table by trying for a medal instead.
    Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 25 July 2024
  • Like Meta, Snap has been trying for years to break into consumer hardware.
    Jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2024

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