TRYING in Classic Quotes

1  He went around trying to break laws.

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Context   In Chapter 2

2  "Uhmmmm," I said, trying to blow a smoke ring.

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Context   In Chapter 5

3  I don't know either--- it's just a way of trying to break us.

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Context   In Chapter 5

4  I nearly went to sleep over my homework trying to figure it out.

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Context   In Chapter 1

5  He was sitting on the back steps trying to read Gone with the Wind.

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Context   In Chapter 5

6  I was trying to find the meaning the poet had in mind, but it eluded me.

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Context   In Chapter 5

7  "Sure," I said, trying for Soda's sake to keep the sarcasm out of my voice.

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Context   In Chapter 1

8  So Cherry Valance, the cheerleader, Bob's girl, the Soc, was trying to help us.

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Context   In Chapter 6

9  I was too worried and scared to appreciate the fact that he was trying to be funny.

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Context   In Chapter 6

10  He burned one arm pretty badly, though, trying to drag the other kid out the window.

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Context   In Chapter 6

11  In that second what Soda and Dally and Two-Bit had been trying to tell me came through.

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Context   In Chapter 6

12  Darry is always pulling muscles; he roofs houses and he's always trying to carry two bundles of roofing up the ladder.

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Context   In Chapter 1

13  We pressed against the side, trying to hold our breath while we listened to the railroad workers walk up and down outside.

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Context   In Chapter 4

14  "I got a good chance of bein let off easy," Johnny said desperately, and I didn't know if it was Dally he was trying to convince or himself.

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Context   In Chapter 6

15  As Johnny told him the story, I studied Dally, trying to figure out what there was about this tough-looking hood that a girl like Cherry Valance could love.

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Context   In Chapter 4

16  When Johnny and I went, we sat in the back, trying to get something out of the sermon and avoiding the people, because we weren't dressed so sharp most of the time.

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Context   In Chapter 4

17  a dropout so he could get a job and keep me in school, and Darry, getting old before his time trying to run a family and hold on to two jobs and never having any fun--- while the Socs had so much spare time and money that they jumped us and each other for kicks, had beer blasts and river-bottom parties because they didn't know what else to do.

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Context   In Chapter 3