Sentence examples for attempt at making from inspiring English sources

Bidding at auction is more than a calculated attempt at making an acquisition.

She's making a serious attempt at making grown-up decisions about love and about life choices".

That came out of Butterfield's first attempt at making a game, called Game Neverending.

It made me think back to my very first attempt at making a film.

The Q is Google's maiden attempt at making its own hardware (and, unusually, is manufactured in the United States).

Mr. McConnell accused Democrats of a "cheap attempt" at making Republicans look bad by saying that Republicans refused to consider ending a tax break for corporate jets.

Tells about Sergeant Limeburner who nearly killed his men and broke himself in an attempt at making good soldiers of them.

Despite faculty attempts at making expectations more explicit, complaints of inconsistency have contributed to student dissatisfaction.

But to some reporters, those attempts at making nice have come late.

My attempts at making her perform simple tasks are met with bafflement and tail flicking.

Vice-chancellors said attempts at making economies have been frustrated by the Treasury.