For my parents' benefit, I'd subtly try to convince her that finding herself didn't necessarily mean losing her family.

By asking the question, I was subtly trying to undermine the editorial terms, I guess!

"They're subtly trying to close us down," Mr. Vincenti said of the university.

Mr. Netanyahu is subtly trying to redefine what the assassin was about.

Whenever she'd come to visit, I would subtly try to demonstrate that housework could be the next best thing to nothing at all.

That's the message the Giuliani campaign has been trying not too subtly to get out.

Juju was subtly trying to reproach me for a tendency to manage the unmanageable.

Each was a strong performer who subtly tried to outdo the other.

You have to try and subtly find out if the man you are with has ever been at risk.

She subtly tries to make Richard more accepting of Lynn.