He sat up on the couch, trying to place the voice.

He thought for a moment, trying to place a face with the name.

The company said it would try to place most of the employees in other jobs.

I was trying to place you somewhere here, not back there.

He stopped and stared across the road, trying to place where they had met.

The social workers on staff try to place students according to what they think their own career desires might be.

As they went along, he tried to place her accent.

She peered hard at the third figure, trying to place him.

I asked, thinking about the voice, trying to place it.

Try to place them on the same page so you can see they all work together.