Essaying

And, Sir, in essaying this supreme task we shall surely be influenced most of all by the traditions which the Briton bequeaths to us. ❋ Unknown (1904)

Would a student tenor singing Cavaradossi's opening aria from Tosca have no idea of the dramatic context, and would any aspiring mezzo, essaying the letter scene from Verdi's Macbeth, be so dumb as to say to Callas, of all people: "I'm not an actress, I'm just a singer"? ❋ Unknown (2012)

Nat Pendleton plays a menacing heavy (big surprise) and Franklin Pangborn is on hand essaying his patented Flustered Hotel Clerk. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The essaying points out that making the effort is always exhausting. ❋ Matociquala (2009)

Despite essaying a variant on the "buy a ready-made cake and then ice your name on it" technique, she still can't help reminding people where it came from. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Le Salon de Musiques has offered two programs in a row in which its performers are essaying, singly or collectively, first time public performances of well-known classics. ❋ Rodney Punt (2011)

So the Thin White Duke is with us once more, throwing darts in lovers 'eyes, pursuing his interest in the Gnostic myth of the Fall, bridging the gap between Philly soul and the motorik sounds of Kraftwerk and Neu! and subsisting on a diet of milk and cocaine to the point at which essaying a Nazi salute on the platform of Victoria station might feel like a good idea ... ❋ Caspar Llewellyn Smith (2010)

Knowing that competitive sport is at heart a metaphor for battle, I find myself picturing Hannibal "Lindy Hopping" with his elephants, Achilles and Ajax in a "Funky Chicken" dance-off, and Winston Churchill essaying the "Mashed Potato" as news trickles through of the German surrender. ❋ Sam Leith (2011)

He had grit, and had fought two duels -- both, political -- when he was no more than a raw youth essaying his first adventures in politics. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Is Cain essaying the good old-fashioned "Can't you take a joke?" defence there? ❋ Unknown (2011)

Of course the advantage of essaying on the internet is that within the form you can use links to offer origins, expansions, references and so on, if you want to. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The singer never planned on first essaying this daunting role at the Met. ❋ David Mermelstein (2010)

Various other characters come and go, although it wasn't until roundabout p.100 that I clocked Amis was essaying a 'sex-comedy of manners' with all this. ❋ Adam Roberts (2010)

Sentences such as 'it made my heart kind of flop when I spotted her' 32 have the disingenuous feel of a profoundly artful writer essaying artlessness; a sort of ghastly literary coquetry, like an attractive forty-year-old woman acting like a fourteen-year-old. ❋ Adam Roberts (2010)

He also holds a Guinness world record for the longest-ever solo performance: this came last year at a theatre in Paris (where he now lives), when he played the piano for 27 hours, three minutes and 44 seconds, essaying Survivor's "Eye of the Tiger" and Beethoven's "Ode to Joy" among others. ❋ Unknown (2010)

With Dean Jones and Suzanne Pleshette essaying a straightforward plot filled with contrived mishaps and such, I often forgot I was watching a Disney movie (Jones seems like a very “Disney” actor; Pleshette does not). ❋ Unknown (2008)

-"Hey, [wanna go out] tonight and grab some [brewskies]?" -"Sorry man, I'm essaying all night. It's [2000] words, and it's due in the morning." ❋ Youtube.com/loser078 (2008)

[Jimmy] [had to] do his [long essay] instead of playing outside with his friends. ❋ Kaly (2004)

essay? [nah]. [ummm], lets seeee... [Urban dictionary]! ❋ Curly Dude (2011)

Tom - "We're going to see a movie, wanna come along?" Ray - "No, I've still got this [clusterfuck] of an [essay] to write." William -"You mean the one where you have to write five pages about what your favorite aspect of [Beowulf] was and why?" Ray - "Yep. See you guys monday." ❋ Insert Alias Here (2009)

I have to do this tomorrow. I'm [totally fucked] now. [Thanks a lot], Mrs. smoking pot Dunn-Peters for not teaching me about [essays]. ❋ Suicidalqueen (2011)

Yesterday [Mrs]. Bitchstein assigned us a 5 page essay to do [overnight]. Today she complained about grading it over the weekend. What a [hypocrite]. ❋ PissedHonorsStudent (2009)

Man, I feel like I just wrote an [essay] about essays on UD, lengthy words and everything. I gotta lay down. . . *[1 week later]* Aw crap, now I got a legit essay to write. [Welcome back] to hell. ❋ BCB5 (2012)

[Essays] are the worst thing to [happen] to earth since kids started turning [imo] ❋ JuiceMan30 (2019)

The only thing [worse] than an essay is being [mauled] by [a bear]. ❋ Queen Wannahackalugee (2008)

billy said: "instead of [writing an essay] [on the brain] [i wrote this], 'the brain in the nervous center of the body. without it we would not be able to do things like breathe. it works by sending electric impulses to the muscles in your body...the end'" ((of course he got a F+)) ❋ Chiunit (2009)