The beginning of the show is often a trying time because of latecomers.tryingtry‧ing /ˈtraɪ-ɪŋ/ ●○○ adjective 
That child is very trying. The beginning of the show is often a trying time because of latecomers. They do the best they can in trying circumstances.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- The experience has been very trying for us.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY The beginning of the show is often a trying time because of latecomers. They do the best they can in trying circumstances.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES We thought we could change the world. Just who were we trying to kid? Well, if he doesn’t get the job it won’t be for want of trying!COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
The beginning of the show is often a trying time because of latecomers. They do the best they can in trying circumstances. We thought we could change the world. Just who were we trying to kid? Well, if he doesn’t get the job it won’t be for want of trying!· The individual is always trying to reconcile his inner and outer world and lessen the anxiety of the internal situation.· She's always trying to make trouble for me, because she's nothing but a jealous, vindictive old woman.
· Retching, vomiting and desperately trying to rub its face clean, the animal learns a lesson it never forgets.· I was desperately trying to keep control but felt horribly threatened.· So there he was, in a merchant bank, desperately trying to restore the family fortunes.· Most of the third-year students had been back for a month already, desperately trying to catch up with their second-year work.· Angel was now desperately trying to make his way as a professional polo player.
· Our aim is to prevent long-term unemployment, rather than just trying to cope with it after it has occurred.· He was just trying to make himself sound big.· Or was she just trying to make Catriona angry?
· He was still trying to persuade her to have a tap routine in the play.· They're still trying to sort out what must have happened.· Engineers are still trying to steer the craft into the correct path.· Last night, accident investigators were still trying to find out what exactly caused the disaster.· She was still trying to get out of the parking space.· Regulators are still trying to get tougher about the junk in financial institutions' portfolios.· Parapsychology is still trying to answer questions it first began to ask seriously a century ago.· Mystified, Delaney, still trying to take in more details of the map, followed.
· These Nationalists! Very trying people.· Even without pressure to go to bed, evenings with Olwyn are very trying.· He has kept his nerve under very trying circumstances.· The interview with Clare was very trying.· The long drive in an ancient car must have been very trying.
· Congress is not at its best when trying to reconcile the special interests that flock round energy bills.· We can use this knowledge to our advantage when trying to locate the beats.· There are many different measures which could be chosen when trying to assess whether the North-South divide has widened.· However, a consideration of this measure reveals the problems faced when trying to assess the extent of poverty.
NOUN· What's a girl to do in these trying times?· Napoleon's retreat from Moscow was possibly a more trying time for his troops.· Without wishing to understate what was surely a trying time for some students, I shall make two further points.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► what is somebody trying to prove?
- You had to give Anthony top marks for persistence, she thought to herself.
- You had to give the woman full marks for persistence.
WORD FAMILYadjectivetryinguntriednountryverbtry
annoying or difficult in a way that makes you feel worried, tired etc: That child is very trying. The beginning of the show is often a trying time because of latecomers. They do the best they can in trying circumstances.