Sentence examples for a real stab from inspiring English sources

We had a real stab at Jarryd Hayne, which probably would have paid for itself, and that was pretty close.

"The death sentence against journalists is unprecedented in the history of world media and amounts to a real stab against freedom of expression around the world," the satellite channel said in a statement posted on its website.

"But it's a real stab in the heart for the church because they're giving away maybe the most valuable piece of property the church owns in all of Massachusetts".

"I like this work a lot, because these guys finally did what needed to be done to take a real stab at merging imaging and genomics," said Dr. Matthew W. State, a professor of psychiatry at Yale, who was not one of the collaborators.

Traffic numbers are a real stab in the dark, and the last time we reported on Comscore numbers it was regarding Del.icio.us.

Or, they could take a real stab with 20-1 Calso Boy, also trained by a local veteran, John Sadler.

Still, the result is oddly evanescent, so sleek and gym-toned that any real stab at meaning or consequence slides off and away.

He thought that it was a value for money option and was the "first real stab at giving passengers a choice while they are flying".

"Our talent is dispersed a bit more, plus the Big Bash is given a real good stab at it in the media and it's a huge drive in the communities.

After all, Mick, Keith, and Co's last real stab at recording relevance came with 1989's Steel Wheels.

Last year's game was, if we're honest, 2K's first real stab at the WWE license.