Sentence examples for Had endeavoured from inspiring English sources

In northern Italy, Henry had endeavoured to preserve the gains that Frederick Barbarossa had made.

This interpretation began with Mercy Otis Warren, who called "The Age of Reason" "jejune," and concluded that, in prison, Paine had "endeavoured to ingratiate himself".

His father, he said, had died about two years ago, and until last April he and his mother had endeavoured to eke out an existence.

Her joy at landing the job, however, rapidly diminished when Astor informed her that "the 'ideal person' they had endeavoured to persuade [to do it] was not available".

Since the 4th century, when Roman emperors adopted Christianity, they had endeavoured to preserve uniform theological belief and, notably in Egypt, Syria, and Armenia, had persecuted those with differing Christological views.

Two of them instantly took fatal effect; the Archduke was mortally wounded in the cheek, and the Archduchess, who had endeavoured to shield him, was shot in the body and sank unconscious in his arms.

Lanzmann has endeavoured to rehabilitate them.

He has endeavoured to do this for good reasons.

I have endeavoured to write both music and words.

But its owners have endeavoured to think of everything all the same.

At all times I have endeavoured to do my best for the management and the team.