TRIED in Classic Quotes

1  Ralph tried indignantly to remember.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER TEN The Shell and the Glasses

2  Eric was silent but Sam tried to do his duty.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER TWELVE Cry of the Hunters

3  "A fat lot you tried," said Jack contemptuously.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER TWO Fire on the Mountain

4  We tried to keep the fire going, but we couldn't.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER ELEVEN Castle Rock

5  Simon tried to sit up in the water and got a mouthful.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER FOUR Painted Faces and Long Hair

6  I tried to get over that hill to see if there was water all round.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER ONE The Sound of the Shell

7  They tried the forest but it was thick and woven like a bird's nest.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER SEVEN Shadows and Tall Trees

8  He made little runnels that the tide filled and tried to crowd them with creatures.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER FOUR Painted Faces and Long Hair

9  He tried to convey the compulsion to track down and kill that was swallowing him up.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER THREE Huts on the Beach

10  Ralph wiped the salt water off his lips and tried again, but the shell remained silent.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER ONE The Sound of the Shell

11  For a while there was the continual creak and rustle of leaves as they tried for comfort.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER TEN The Shell and the Glasses

12  He tried to be offhand and not too obviously uninterested, but the fat boy hurried after him.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER ONE The Sound of the Shell

13  All three of them tried to convey the sense of the pink live thing struggling in the creepers.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER TWO Fire on the Mountain

14  They tried holding the whole carcass on a stake over the fire, but the stake burnt more quickly than the pig roasted.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER FOUR Painted Faces and Long Hair

15  He poked about with a bit of stick, that itself was wave-worn and whitened and a vagrant, and tried to control the motions of the scavengers.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER FOUR Painted Faces and Long Hair

16  Then they tried to hurry along the rocks and Robert cut his knee quite badly and they had to recognize that this path must be taken slowly if they were to be safe.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER SEVEN Shadows and Tall Trees

17  Fear, beasts, no general agreement that the fire was all-important: and when one tried to get the thing straight the argument sheered off, bringing up fresh, unpleasant matter.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER FIVE Beast from Water