Sentence examples for a casual attempt from inspiring English sources

The group of "un-concerned citizens, stirred and sometimes shaken into action in defense of the American spirit," is a casual attempt to cope with the nastiness of this political season.

The Americans fell behind in the 17th minute when Gonzalez made a casual attempt with his left foot to clear Alvin Jones' cross and sent the ball looping over the outstretched right arm of goalkeeper Tim Howard from 18 yards.

A disastrously casual attempt to clear from a throw down the touchline by Ignashevich gave Karagounis a clear run on goal.

But that casual attempt to reassure with a pill costs the NHS around £10m a year.

It was a catalogue of errors, from Thibaut Courtois' poor punch at a routine corner, to Bransilav Ivanovic's casual attempt to prevent Steve Cook hooking the ball to the far post.

But then Michael Platt, the Bradford full-back who had already gifted Tonga one try with his casual attempt to deal with a kick, put his team under pressure again by allowing a 40-20 attempt from the former London Broncos stand-off Feleti Mateo to roll into touch.

The most spectacular example of incompetence has been the casual attempt to tear apart the NHS, although if Keynesian economists are right, the true mistake will prove to be economic policy.

In "A World of Watchers," Joseph Kastner, an amateur naturalist and former editor for Life magazine, makes several casual attempts to explain the bird-watching impulse.

Our casual attempts at potty training have led to accidents around the house.

But Steinbeck, Mak argues, is a novelist first and foremost, and one would have to be credulous in the extreme to read Travels with Charley as anything other than a casual travelogue that attempts to evoke a particular time and place.

I attempt a casual shrug.