Sentence examples for In my attempt from inspiring English sources

In my attempt to convey fondness, I had suddenly turned into a French-manicured Mike Tyson.

"In my attempt to explain where technology could help us, I spoke in the present tense," he said.

In my attempt to find the Emersonian thread of the universal in my story, I laid myself bare in the most unflattering light.

In my attempt to protect my daughter's beliefs and guard her from something – I'm not entirely sure what – I'm unable to connect with the present situation.

In my attempt to see some two dozen productions of "The Nutcracker" from coast to coast this season, I had already seen, among others, one at Rosecliff, a 1902 mansion with a heart-shape staircase in Newport, R.I.; another in a small playhouse on the Lower East Side of Manhattan; and a third in the 1928 Boston Opera House.

In my attempt to unpack the larger trend — using data that the Higher Education Research Institute generously provided for the first time — I looked at factors that have been known to affect a teacher's political ideology: tenure status, income and salaries, school type (e.g., Christian colleges versus large public universities), selectivity, departmental affiliation and age.

"In my attempt to defend myself, I was badly injured on my left hand.

In my attempt to make sense of all the 'bad' things that had happened to me, I lost myself.