The big man turned to her, trying to contain his enthusiasm and doing a bad job of it.

"They have a tough battle on their hands trying to contain it."

The first couple of months, I spent up to 10 hours a week trying to contain the mess.

I'll try to contain my excitement for another 24 hours.

As she went on, he tried desperately to contain himself.

They should back off and try to contain the situation.

Her own staff would be on constant call trying to contain it.

We'll try to contain it in the middle of the formation.

Over a million birds are being killed to try to contain it.

She put one hand over her mouth, trying to contain herself.