Sentence examples for a flagrant attempt from inspiring English sources

Once again, the administration has been caught in a flagrant attempt to ignore the will of Congress and unilaterally chart its own path.

In a flagrant attempt to compete with Internet culture, to crash books into the marketplace on hot button topics from steroids to celebrities, from political scandal to political ascension, corporate publishers aim now to meet immediate demand.

Despite a flagrant attempt to curry favour with the audience by allowing the glamorous Rebekah to dominate the stage, we are again defeated by the clumsiness of the dialogue.

The Justice Department said Friday that it had charged a student at the University of Mississippi with federal civil rights crimes for placing a noose on a statue of James Meredith, the school's first black student, in what federal authorities said was a "flagrant" attempt to threaten black students at the school.

AB 612 is a flagrant attempt to stymie innovation and competition by an antiquated industry.

At the risk of being accused of a flagrant attempt to boost my tally of "hits", I suggest you read this in conjunction with that post, published in January.

The Christian vision of the serpent as Satan is a rather flagrant attempt to wriggle free of the obvious problem this poses: if the serpent is indeed made by God and is itself a manifestation of God, then what are we to make of its efforts to undermine the divine plan?

This flagrant attempt to smear an entire industry with flawed, misinformed conclusions and fallacious, sensationalized journalism is an insult to FORBES readers.

End of story!" Labour's Chris Bryant said it had been "one of the most flagrant attempts at a contempt of parliament in parliament's history!" If their perjury had been in a court they would have risked seven years' imprisonment, and the way he said it made it clear that that would be just another example of soft sentencing.

In a voice mail, received on Thursday, Ann made several flagrant attempts to inflict guilt, including, "I just wish you would take a few minutes to answer my e-mail" and "I know you're busy, but I would love to talk to you when you're not working so much".

Mr. Annan said any Security Council decision that finds Baghdad in "material breach" of the resolution must be based on serious or flagrant attempts to obstruct weapons inspectors.