try for

VERB
  1. make an attempt at achieving something
    She tried for the Olympics
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How To Use try for In A Sentence

  • Van Schalkwyk also criticised some parties in the country for having a "baaskap" approach, because it suited their political purposes to keep communities apart. ANC Daily News Briefing
  • Entry forms for the forthcoming Community Games should have been received by now.
  • The disclosures last night provoked renewed condemnation of Britain's multibillion-pound arms industry for selling to both sides in the escalating Kashmir crisis.
  • The Government began scouring the country for land that could be turned over to growing crops. The Sun
  • Yet it is worth the price of entry for the view from the top-floor balcony, and for the botanical gardens that surround it. Times, Sunday Times
  • Tech companies blame the sharp downturn in their industry for the big write-offs.
  • Her entry for the popular social networking site lists previous areas where she worked. The Sun
  • I don't know if the Pulitzer entry form has a space to list stuff like this, but when the time comes, I intend to crayon it in.
  • Ik vind die kerel uit "No Country for old men" wel [...] Hecklerspray
  • The university is ranked number one in the country for engineering.
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