What is "tryin'"

Usage examples of "tryin'".

What I am tryin' to say isthat Massha is both very big and very colorful, butin the interest of brevity I will spare you theanalogous type comparisons.

The attempt to shout an answer dissolves in ababble of confusion as the new recruits glance ateach other tryin' to sort out what they're supposedto be sayin'.

By focusin' on one individ-ual, not only has the sergeant let the rest of thegroup off the hook of tryin' to come up with anacceptable response to his questions, he has im-pressed on them that they really don't want to everbe singled out by him.

For the educatin' of those of youse what hasbeen raised too proper and upright to have everexperimented with this particular form of self-expression, let me caution youse against tryin' thisfor the first time in front of a critical audience.

All of this passes through my mind in a flash, asI am a fairly quick thinker despite the impressiongiven by my size, whilst I am tryin' to think of anappropriate response to Spyder's kvetchin'.

Slings is even worse, as until one hasreached near expert familiarity with one, the bestodds of inflicrin' injury with this weapon is that ofhangin' oneself with said weapon whilst tryin' toget the rock to fly somewhere near the generaldirection of the target.

For example, while the idea behind usin' thesetargets was interestin' and maybe even admirable,in all my years with the Mob I have never seen anopponent who would do you the favor of standin'rock-still, in the open, upright, with his shoulderssquare to you while he was tryin' to shoot you.

Somethin' in my voice or the way I was drawin'myself up to my full height must have triggeredthe sergeant's survival instinct, 'cause all of asudden he looked around nervous-like as if hewere tryin' to find an emergency exit door.

NUNZIO AND ME was tryin' to figure out what it wasthey had put on our plates under the laughin' titleof "dinner," when Spyder plops down next to us.

Realizin' this, it was clear to me thateven though he said we was bein' prepared forcombat with the enemy, all he was doin' wasshowin' us a few tricks to help us survive theinevitable barroom type brawls which seem tonaturally gravitate toward people in uniform whoare tryin' to have a quiet drink around civiliansdurin' their off-duty hours.

Anyway,Smiley starts cranin' his neck around tryin' to spotthe officer to which I am referrin', and when hishead is turned away from me, I glide in on him.

Unfor-tunately, he either doesn't hear me or chooses toignore what you must admit is excellent advice,and starts strugglin' around tryin' to bring hissword into play.

I interrupts, havin'learned from experience that the only thing thattakes longer than listenin' to one of Nunzio'slectures is tryin' to pry a straight answer out of himwhen he's tryin' to let you discover the pointyourself.

That is to say, I am normally on mybest behavior with females, so the idea of tryin' toact so offensive that they call for help is notparticularly comfortable to me.

Now, my only concern is tryin' to make sure thatwhoever we pick has a sense of humor .