I'd been going to try to call him by his real name.

I tried to call my son but couldn't get through.

The voice was too much like someone trying to call the dead.

Right now, half the country is trying to call him.

He tried to call me to talk about where we were.

She tried to call 911, but her phone was dead.

She tried again to call her father, but still no answer.

When he tried to call her later, she was not home.

She tried to call him here and got no answer.

I don't know if she tried to call me first.