trying time
collocation in Englishmeaningsoftryingandtime
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trying
adjective
uk/ˈtraɪ.ɪŋ/us/ˈtraɪ.ɪŋ/
annoying ...
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time
noun
uk/taɪm/us/taɪm/
the part of existence that is measured in minutes, days, years, etc., or this process considered as ...
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(Definition oftryingandtimefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesoftrying time
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I think these individuals have had a verytryingtime, with the fluctuations of fashion.
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We had atryingtimein the blitz.
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Fishermen and the fishing industry during those years went through a verytryingtime.
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After all, he has had a verytryingtime.
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They have had a verytryingtimeindeed.
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They can go through a verytryingtimeunless they have vast resources.
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But it has been atryingtimefor the staff.
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I believe that my defences are strong enough to see me through this verytryingtime.
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Private traders are having a verytryingtime.
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It must be a verytryingtimefor them.
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Then one thing came after another, and of late years farmers have had atryingtime.
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Many small owners are facing a verytryingtimetoday.
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They are not dealing constructively with the matter before us, but aretryingtimeafter time to introduce matters which are clearly out of order.
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They were historic films which were of the greatest service to us in a verytryingtime, and have been of great service also since then.
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The services can take great credit from the way in which they worked during that verytryingtime.
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For the women who are waiting to have their vocation tested this has been a long andtryingtime.
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But we are here concerned with women who have gone through atryingtimeraising a family during a long period of widowhood.
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Agriculture will go through an extremelytryingtimeover the next three years.
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That is the dreary reason why people are having to be loaded with this additional difficulty at a particularlytryingtime.
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