Sentence examples similar to a respectable try from inspiring English sources

Joseph Strick's film of "Ulysses" is a pretty respectable try.

The respectable try – and fail.

For fans of science fiction, the week ahead could have been concocted by an alchemist: four significant science-fiction movies - one of them a successful venture into the genre, two respectable tries that fall on either side of the dividing line between worthwhile and disappointing, and a fourth that seems to have gone completely haywire.

I am sure that I was handicapped by my progressive eyeglass lenses, but my score on my second try was a respectable 72 hits in 60 seconds.

Her work life since college has included being a co-founder of a business that provided "haikus on demand" (two for a dollar) and quitting a respectable job in marketing to try her hand at professional singing.

The focus is on growing the business first and foremost, while still delivering a respectable profit, but not to try to maximize profit yet.

Now a respectable American pundit, Michael Lind, has tried to detail the case in a respectable British magazine, Prospect.Does the argument hold water?

Even while teaching he knew he was only trying out a respectable job, that he really wanted to act.

I manage to find a respectable groove, but whenever he tries to lead me in anything other than the basic steps, I stumble.

National television and press interviews played a big part in this personal recognition, especially in light of various controversies whipped up by that book's revelations about notables who try to maintain a respectable image.

Those trying to run a respectable business find it difficult.