Sentence examples for and attempting to be from inspiring English sources

I've been attempting to be vegetarian for the past five or so years, and attempting to be sexy for even longer.

So he had an eye for the hills and the rain [of southern California] and how a man might dress, whereas Hawks needed nothing but talking to women and attempting to be cool".

Younger's public speech follows the heads of the other two intelligence agencies, Andrew Parker at MI5 and Robert Hannigan at GCHQ, in coming out from the shadows and attempting to be a bit more transparent.

In the early 1990s the International Society for Mathematical and Computational Aesthetics (IS-MCA) was founded, specializing in design with emphasis on functionality and aesthetics and attempting to be a bridge between science and art.

"It's about the now and being effective and attempting to be an upper-echelon team as soon as possible," said Thomas Dimitroff, the Falcons' general manager, who drafted Ryan.

"If we were sitting on the fence, and attempting to be respectful to Jim Florio with respect to his signing of the civil rights bill, he certainly has given us permission to get off the fence and support Corzine," she said.

The introvert plays on the back foot, assumes character and attempts to "be real"; the extrovert plays on the front foot, demonstrates and presents a character.

He stayed for the most part out on the left wing and attempted to be indulgent with back flicks and tricks that didn't work.

According to Duke teammate Bilas, Amaker was quite fashion-conscious and attempted to be a trendsetter.

"I think the salon acted with tact and attempted to be diplomatic before the slurs began," he said.

Lenovo has also increased the resolution of the computers' built-in cameras and attempted to be eco-friendly by building the laptops out of post-consumer recycled materials.