I see him sitting under the tree trying gamely to be strong during his deposition.

She tried gamely to hold her head high and proud, but to no avail.

The actors try gamely to rise above their cardboard roles.

They laughed again and looked away from each other, trying gamely to tighten up.

The fat partner had one of my wrists in his free hand, and he was trying gamely to cuff me to the chair.

Finally, she said, "I was up to my knees and still trying gamely to continue the conversation."

My parents gamely tried to explain why we were going, but they never understood, no more than any human could.

But the veteran quarterback, who is never at a loss for words, gamely tried.

He tried gamely to rise but could not, and collapsed full length on the ground.

I could see the fruit flies gamely trying to get back to my ear, but they were losing the battle.