~ようとする (about to)

They're being manipulated by speculators trying to make a profit.

I tried to keep calm, but in the end I snapped.

When Yoko and I heard the siren stop nearby, we immediately tried to rush outside to see what had happened.

She tried to go get her hair cut, but her mother wouldn't let her.

She grabbed my arm and held me back as I tried to leave.

The car wouldn't start.

The train was just about to leave the station.

We arrived at the station just as the train was about to leave.

A storm is about to break out.

She tried to become friends with him.

She tried to make herself look much younger than she really is.

The train was about to depart.

She was about to go out.