Sentence examples for a glancing attempt from inspiring English sources

The Events made only a glancing attempt, and was all the better for it.

A Milner cross from the right side finds Welbeck's head for a glancing attempt that spins wide.

BA will attempt to deliver a glancing blow even if it cannot meet the no-frills airlines head on.

At one point, Virginia attempted to ram, but only struck Monitor a glancing blow and did no damage.

Take a glancing interest.

a glancing moment.

Luckily it was a glancing blow".

Forest had chances in the second half but Chris Burke glanced a headed attempt wide and Britt Assombalonga was denied firstly by a Lillis save and later a block by defender Ashley Eastham.

At first glance, attempts to calculate the psychological benefits of green spaces would seem to be a happy compromise, as the value of nature is coupled with subjective wellbeing, not cash value.

Here's an at-a-glance guide.

As Crazy Horse or Sitting Bull would have recognized at a glance, it's an attempt to pacify an entire people by bludgeoning them into a subhuman irrelevance.