Sentence examples for as if attempts from inspiring English sources
There also appeared a large and yet more heterogeneous mass of apocryphal writings falsely attributed to different Pythagoreans, as if attempts were being made to revive the school.
But it sounds as if attempts by others to do so have her further committed to this over-the-top potluck idea.
It's not as if attempts to save Vestas can be passed off as throwing money at "sunset" or lame-duck industries.
It tends to be hostile toward those who want to study the grimmest aspects of Soviet rule, as if attempts to diminish the Soviet image will discredit the current leadership.
The press release preceding the Alston's visit said, politely, that he came to "investigate government efforts to eradicate poverty", as if attempts to help people may have gone wrong.
At the weigh-in, the fighters conducted the usual staring contest as if attempting a world record.
He sized up the crisis and went for the zipper as if attempting to start a lawn mower.
He then shook his right leg, as if attempting to loosen something, when he climbed back onto the rubber.
Sean Biggerstaff performs it in full in rehearsal, accompanying himself on guitar, clawing and hacking at the song as if attempting to force entry.
Meanwhile, barefoot, Butler meanders, skips, flits across the floor or bourrées in tight mincing steps, as if attempting to creep up to something or someone.
