After some time they converged on the door and tried to smash it through, without success.

He's the guy tried to smash with a rock, she realized.

He had splintered away several, trying to smash the door open.

If, instead of trying to solve the problem, we didn't try to smash it.

But there's always been somebody trying to smash everything the rest of us wanted.

He might as well have tried to smash a stone wall, chin first.

"You think they'll try to smash through our center and crush each half in turn?"

And for the same reason I wouldn't think of trying to smash the door.

They would try to smash it before such a lift could get started.

Here they are, sir, kids who've been trying to smash the glass!