Meaning of try as one may | Babel Free

Definitions

However hard one tries; despite one's best efforts.

Examples

“It was an extraordinary thing that, try⟳ as we might, we could not finish⟳ our pipes at the same time.”

“'It could afford⟳ to be materialistic,' said Birkin, 'because it had the power to be something other--which we haven't. We are materialistic because we haven't the power to be anything else--try⟳ as we may, we can't bring⟳ off anything but materialism: mechanism, the very soul of materialism.'”

“They didn't persist and quickly drove off, as Sam and Tom tried to ignore⟳ them and dismiss the entire experience⟳. But try⟳ as they may, they weren't able to forget⟳.”

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