Sentence examples for Once attempts from inspiring English sources

In the end, Jill never once attempts to answer any of my simple questions, which is typical.

(She tells Philip that she too once attempted to write a play. Hers was called "Ironica").

It is not turning base metals into gold, as Paracelsus and his kind once attempted.

A doctor once attempted to sand the color off her skin, to no avail.

This I once attempted to do in a geometry textbook I wrote in the 1970's.

Another friend once attempted to make hot chocolate in a kettle.

Charlie Brooker once attempted to do just that but alas only found tuna.

Gordon Brown revealed in his tribute to Kennedy that he once attempted to get him to defect to the Labour party.

The Corps once attempted to barricade the intake channel with a string of barges anchored in the river.

Though Ghislaine denies this, she acknowledges that she once attempted suicide and her son had to rush to find assistance.

A Swedish couple once attempted to strike a blow for parents' rights by naming their son Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116 (pronounced "Albin").