Proving
Trying
Trying adjective - Difficult to endure.
Both words in one sentence
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And the one female character who, by her own admission, Really Gets Around, alternates between trying very hard to be One of the Boys and proving (with Swan) that No Guy Wants to Be Chased?
Source: Ho Yay / Film -
Chewbacca Defense: Grace's lawyer is trying to turn the case into proving God's existence to somehow get his client off, even though it has no relevance to what the trial is supposedly about.
Source: Film / God's Not Dead 2 - She ends up proving herself later in the game and and future games has her dropping the drugs and party making her more focused but also a Leeroy Jenkins which end up making her even more of a load until she learns to accept her past self instead of trying to compensate.
Source: Faux Action Girl
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