Heather looked away trying to think of how to explain it all.

She tried to tug away, but he held her fast.

I glared up at her, trying to will away the pain.

He tried to pull her up and away but she resisted him.

She tried to bat his hand away, but he held firm.

"Things must be damned hard for you here if you're willing to pay this much to try and get away."

So she keeps watching it, waiting and trying to will the thing away.

He threw the ball away trying to break out of a double team.

She watched the board like something that might try and run away.

Peter was a few feet away trying to dig through the wall.