Sentence examples for appalling attempt from inspiring English sources

Take Art Under Attack, an appalling attempt to juxtapose Reformation vandalism and modern anti-art as if they were comparable – as if smashing stained glass in the 1600s was a cool Dada gesture.

That was an appalling attempt to deflect attention away from what you really are: a sexual predator.

Whether it's lampooning Bernadette Peters in Follies, "In Stephen's ear, I'm still the belter," a smackdown of Diane Paulus' arrogance in the revamped Porgy and Bess or Catherine Zetappallingattemptng attempt at singing -- "Send in the Hounds" -- the comedy zingers are spot on.

And in spite of appalling attempts to undermine our heritage, we, the people, are the sovereigns of America.

Of the many ways that the Bush administration sought to evade accountability for its violations of the law and the Constitution under the cover of battling terrorism, one of the most appalling was its attempt to use inflated claims of state secrecy to slam shut the doors of the nation's courthouses.

"The coup attempt unleashed appalling violence and those responsible for unlawful killings and other human rights abuses must be brought to justice, but cracking down on dissent and threatening to bring back the death penalty are not justice".

I'd never drawn before, apart from sketching a Cornish harbour once in the 1980s, and my first attempts were appalling, so I painted them out.

Then on April 19th the National Association of School Governors asked that the programme be halted.City academies were started four years ago in an attempt to replace appalling secondary schools with better ones.

Inside, one Mail columnist wrote about "the appalling email circulated in an attempt to dish the dirt on her"; another said Labour saw her as "a dangerous woman who had to be stopped, precisely because she carries that moral authority which they lack"; a leader alleged that Labour "tried to destroy a courageous, selfless woman".

4 mins: That really was an appalling miss by Diouf, who attempts to thread one through to Owen.

Is this an attempt to improve the appalling conviction rate of 6.5% by reducing the number of reports?