Moderate
Moderate adjective - Avoiding extremes in behavior or expression.
Trying
Trying adjective - Difficult to endure.
Usage example: a harrowing account of the trying conditions experienced by the hostages prior to their release
Both words in one sentence
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Ballister is actually much more moderate, less callous with the lives of others, and he attempts to talk Nimona down from her rampage instead of trying to do nothing but kill her.
Source: Webcomic / Nimona - It turns out she had been in the Justice Lords' universe, trying to get the Justice Lords to moderate their ways.
- It gets more serious with Mega Man X, where reploids are trying to destroy humanity with moderate success but there are bits of robot cartoonishness here and there.
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