Sentence examples for attempt and hook from inspiring English sources
In the closing stages of their opening 17-16 Pool D defeat by South Africa, Rhys Priestland missed a drop-goal attempt and Hook missed a penalty, either of which could have brought victory.
9.22pm BST 19 min: Dani Alves, who is not having one of his better games in defence, attempts to usher the ball out of play, only for Perisic to nip in behind him and attempt to hook in a cross before the ball rolls out of play.
Taiseer Aljassam makes a cute diagonal near-post run to meet Salem Aldawsari's cross from the right and attempts to hook it in on the half volley but airkicks instead.
Klose runs after Stankovic on the halfway line and misses a perfectly honest attempt to hook his leg round the ball.
Once you feel resistance, twist and maneuver the hanger in an attempt to hook the blockage.
The story is typically insular: on a business trip to Cincinnati, a depressed motivational speaker in the throes of a regulation midlife crisis shares an unloving phone call with his wife and son, attempts to hook up with an old flame, and then seduces a young fan who has travelled many miles to see him speak.
ET30+2: Srna crosses from the right, the ball's headed in the air by Jose Fonte and Vida attempts to hook the ball inside the far post and misses by inches.
An earlier attempt to hook up with BMW had fallen at the same hurdle.Ford and GM used to mint money in Europe when local companies such as Renault, Peugeot and Volkswagen were not doing very well and imports from Japan were restricted.
A bit of a wild scramble in the area, and Mikel attempts to hook a ball across Romero from the left-hand post and into the top right.
The keeper skittered back in an attempt to hook it off the line, but too late!
