Perhaps he was making too much of two friends simply trying to get to know one another again.

I simply tried not to look at any of them.

Some on line were simply trying to make sense of what happened.

"I was simply trying to get things from all over the world."

I am simply trying to understand, and to stop the pain.

"But really I was simply trying to get your attention, which isn't an easy thing to do."

The administration, he says, is simply trying to do away with bad management.

And a good many appeared to be simply trying to hold their own present ground.

Her crime seems to be that she simply tried too hard.

She simply tried, as you yourself used to try, in every way possible to help me speak better, and I love her for it.