I am in the Guards," said Frank, trying hard not to look too conceited as he made that acknowledgment.
Frank would have replied, but he heard the count's voice on the stairs, and had only time to rise and withdraw to the window, trying hard to repress his agitation and compose his countenance.
I was away at prep school, digging at my examinations, trying hardto forget that I was an orphan, but with the dull ache caused by my mother's death always grinding at my heart.
Don't give it to him," I whispered, trying hard to think of the French words.
Thank you, sir," said Tom, trying hard to restrain his eagerness.
Frank obeyed in silence, trying hardto read the captain's thoughts.
And as this idea came to him, Frank sat with his head resting upon his hands, his elbows upon his knees, trying hard to master the bitter sense of disappointment that afflicted him.
I thought they were deadly enemies, trying hard to give me a job this morning to fit their pieces together again.
If he knew what we do, he would send my dear, brave father to the scaffold, and he is trying hard to send yours.
You can talk to me in the drawing-room," she said, trying hard to be firm.
Leigh looked at him fixedly, trying hard to read the young man's face, but there was no flinching, no quivering of eyelid, or twitch about the lips.
He held out his hand to Maud, and she took it, trying hard to smile as brightly as himself, but it was a difficult task.
Maud smiled bravely, trying hard to appear as pleased and elated as her mother expected.
Lilias stared out of the window, trying hard to cudgel up one idea out of the specified hundred, in case she should be pressed still further.
As I said to thee, it is the women who are the preservers of the family worship and who are trying hard to cling to old loved customs.
All thought of running away to seek his fortune faded out of Tom Blount's brain, as he sat there with his teeth pressed together, staring straight away between the horse's ears, trying hard to be firm.
He noted the change in the nurse's mobile countenance as he went on speaking in his quiet way, for she was evidently agitated and trying hard to conceal it.
Yes, Neil, dear, and I am trying hard to bear this bravely.
His voice refused to go further and he bent his head upon the bed, trying hard to control himself and keep from breaking down before her.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "trying hard" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
