He had spent much of the intervening time trying to clarify what "love" meant.

We will let them present their ideas and try to clarify what they mean.

I am simply trying to clarify the situation so that the authorities will know exactly where we stand, and with whom to deal.

That there are issues in this life worth trying to clarify.

I urged him to try to clarify this in any way he could.

He also tries to further clarify some points in the process.

She doesn't sound defensive; it's more that she's trying to clarify.

He tried to clarify for her what his world was like.

We are therefore going to try to clarify a few things.

Instead, it is trying to clarify the treaty by agreement with Russia.