Sentence examples for a misguided attempt from inspiring English sources

Politicians quickly condemned the killing as a misguided attempt to avenge the three students.

In a misguided attempt at transparency it used it to win over public opinion.

"Now, in a misguided attempt at authenticity, they're putting it back".

"Good luck, William," I replied, quickened by the moment into a misguided attempt at wit.

It's not a public safety issue or even a misguided attempt to liberate oppressed women.

Her tone made it plain that this was a misguided attempt at reassurance.

Smearing Shirley Sherrod was an attack; firing her was not a counterattack, it was a misguided attempt at damage control.

But some conservatives said they considered the protest a misguided attempt to stanch the bleeding from the November elections.

Molaison's brain damage had been inflicted by a surgeon, in 1953, in a misguided attempt to quell seizures.

This confliction is apparent in a set that splices albums in a misguided attempt to play down stylistic polarisation.

The recent addition of a few pizzas to the menu may be a misguided attempt to attract the children.