Sentence examples for although he attempted from inspiring English sources

Although he attempted to enter art schools on a number of occasions, Kane was unable to pay tuition.

Although he attempted just 14.8 field goals last season, his aptitude for facilitating teammates has miraculously improved considering his former infatuation with one-on-one isolation scoring in his hay-days with Toronto.

And although he attempted to write a history of Switzerland, it was abandoned when he became, as he put it, "fast locked in the obscurity of an old, barbarous German dialect".

Although he attempted to follow the organizational model of the continental churches, the Norwegian church was less influenced by Rome, and Olaf maintained personal control over the nation's clergy.

Although he attempted, with the help of his friend H. H. Rogers, a Standard Oil executive, to wiggle out of much of what he owed, his wife, Livy, insisted that he pay back his creditors.

Although he attempted to keep playing, he was eventually directed toward his bench by the referee.

So, although he attempts to limit the uncertainty in his day through forcing his body to maintain its routine, the uncertainty manifests itself in the time taken to complete this routine.

He was, said Gold, a man who for much of his life "found things easy", and had the confidence to succeed at almost anything he attempted, although he never went to school and could neither read nor write.

The latter marshalled his forces as if to offer him battle, but perceiving that his soldiers were dejected by reason of the flight of the barbarians, he ventured no opposition at the time, although when night came he attempted to escape somewhere.

(He served a two-year ban in 2007 and 2008 after admitting that he "attempted doping," although he denied ever doping).

Although, as a reviewer said, he attempted to "do his best" by his hero, he was sufficiently dedicated to the evidence to "admit" the faults in public.