Sentence examples for amusing attempt from inspiring English sources

I remember thinking it was a slightly amusing attempt at a jargon shift that would never catch on.

"Whoops! is a valiant and genuinely amusing attempt to describe how finance came off the rails," Stephen Foley wrote in the Independent.

A Lib Dem spokesperson said: "For someone who insists on historical fact and accuracy, this is a rather amusing attempt to rewrite history".

His puckishness verges on the pathological, calling to mind Jim Carrey's more manic creations, as well as the title character of "Ed," whose quixotic and supposedly amusing attempt to win over a woman was a grating case of narcissism without charm.

The most amusing attempt was by Seth Bullock, the real Victorian-era sheriff of Deadwood, South Dakota.

You see, while the Alphas' use of mixtapes, ASOS and street lingo is an amusing attempt to capture the UK zeitgeist, it is – of course – the Yanks who have taken it to the next level.

The current issue of the LRB, for instance, features writer Andrew O'Hagan's frustrated and highly amusing attempts to ghostwrite the autobiography of WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange.

Common in other cultures as well, those tales such as "Why the Lizard Often Nods" and "Why the Owl Never Sleeps at Night" are often amusing and attempt to explain common animal behaviour.

It's a regrettable misfire as the stars are likable, their chemistry is strong and there's an amusing initial attempt to challenge stereotypes (Ferrell wrongfully assumes Hart has done time because of his ignorant racial profiling) but as soon as prison prep begins, an alarming cloud arrives, throwing a dark, stifling shadow over the film.

Once more, my comical record attempt seemed rather less amusing.

Though High Maintenance can be amusing, though its attempts at humor usually tracks a little bit more absurd.