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trying

[ trahy-ing ]

adjective

  1. extremely annoying, difficult, or the like; straining one's patience and goodwill to the limit:

    a trying day; a trying experience.

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trying

/ ˈٰɪɪŋ /

adjective

  1. upsetting, difficult, or annoying

    a trying day at the office

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Derived Forms

  • ˈٰ⾱ԲԱ, noun
  • ˈٰ⾱Բ, adverb
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Other Word Forms

  • ٰiԲ· adverb
  • ٰiԲ·Ա noun
  • ܲ·ٰiԲ adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of trying1

First recorded in 1570–80 for the sense “attempting”; 1710–20 for the current sense; try + -ing 2
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Example Sentences

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Only Elordi, variously treated like beefcake and brooder, seems lost trying to square Julius’ early vulnerability with the final act’s hopeful romance.

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Joe wasn’t Dexter Morgan, trying to sate his violent impulses by targeting people who deserved to die.

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A judge in Wisconsin has been arrested by US federal authorities after allegedly trying to help an undocumented immigrant who appeared in her court avoid arrest.

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I stopped trying to be small and manageable.

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Children detained at the border are often fleeing persecution, violence or poverty in their home countries, and are trying to reunite with family who had come earlier.

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