Trying

/ˈtɹaɪ.ɪŋ/

Synonyms for "trying" (161 found)

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Closest matches (33)

Strong matches (48)

Related words (80)

Related word relations

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More general

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More specific

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arduous assignmentarduousnessbattery of testsburdensome taskdifficult colleaguedifficult taskexasperateexperimentexperimental protocolfield testhardshipirkirritating patientonerous workloadpilot studyseries of trials

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Collocations

12 entries
a trying daya trying perioda trying taskhighly tryingtrying assignmenttrying circumstancestrying conditionstrying experiencetrying periodtrying processtrying tasktrying times

Inflections

4 entries
more tryingmost tryingtriedtries

Derivations

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similar

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Sample sentences

15 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I'm so dumb... I'm trying to explain things to you that I don't understand myself.

Source: tatoeba (1497)

I was trying to kill time.

Source: tatoeba (1703)

When you're trying to prove something, it helps to know it's true.

Source: tatoeba (1740)

Sarah was discerning enough to realize that her friends were trying to prank her.

Source: tatoeba (1916)

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