trying
hard to endure
How often you will meet it
Rank 705 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 26,758 times across 175,112 chapters — 0.013% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
adjective
- hard to endure fell upon trying times
- extremely irritating to the nerves also: nerve-racking, nerve-wracking, stressful nerve-racking noisethe stressful days before a war
trying in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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For instance, I'm trying to learn Russian.
The Crown of Life · George Gissing · Chapter 1
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No one replied: every one was trying his best to hear.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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There isn’t one of them that’s not hard up and trying to get money out of her.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles · Agatha Christie · Chapter 1
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General Grant was looking exactly as he had looked upon that trying occasion of ten years before--all iron and bronze self-possession.
Following the Equator — Part 1 · Mark Twain · Chapter 1
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He walked on alone, chewing the cud of a delightful experience; trying, not unsuccessfully, to recall some of Mr. Desmond's anecdotes.
The Hill: A Romance of Friendship · Horace Annesley Vachell · Chapter 1