The dying man made an effort to say something, but could not.とは 意味・読み方・使い方

The dying man made an effort to say something, but could not.

The boy screamed for help but couldn't make himself heard.

The boy screamed for help, but couldn't make himself heard.

The autocrat strove in vain to deal with the awkward situation.

She made an effort at joking but it fell quite flat.

He started to say something, but I beat him to it.

Bob tried to speak to Anne, but he couldn't.

The drowning man called for help, but in vain.

The boy tried so hard, but the stone didn't budge an inch.

He desperately tried doing that, but he couldn't.

He tried to explain but seemed unable (to).

He reached out his hand for the knife, but it was too far away.

He tried hard, yet he could not succeed.

The autocrat strove in vain to deal with the situation.

He that cannot ask cannot live.

With all his efforts, he couldn't succeed.

John tried in vain to solve the problem.

Dick tried to solve the problem, in vain.

Dick tried in vain to solve that problem.

Dick tried to solve that problem, but he couldn't.

Dick tried to solve the problem in vain.

Tom tried to hide the evidence, but it was too late.

He tried to kill himself but it ended in failure.

Tom spent fifteen minutes trying to pry open the drawer with a crowbar, but he couldn't get it opened.

He tried to solve the problem, but had no luck.

In his attempt to commit hara‐kiri, he stabbed the dagger into his belly, but did not succeed in killing himself.

Everyone strives for efficiency but few seem to attain it.

Everyone tries to strive for efficiency but few seem to attain it.

The boy attempted an escape, but failed.

He tried to fire his gun, but it misfired.