Sentence examples for attempt becoming from inspiring English sources
Ward Jr. retired at the end of the term, and this allowed Hargest to enter the New Zealand Parliament in the 1931 general election on his third attempt, becoming the MP for the Invercargill electorate.
Directed by Fleur & Manu and produced in conjunction with The Creators Project, the video features a mulleted wastrel's successive attempts to secure a bank loan, with each attempt becoming more surreal and humiliating as the day continues to repeat itself. .
This month at Staples Center, in a game against the Clippers, 7-foot Brook Lopez of the Milwaukee Bucks made NBA history by taking 12 three-point shots without a two-point attempt, becoming the tallest player in league history to try that many threes without even accidentally taking a two.
"This is a pretty crude attempt at becoming a little more cyborg," he explained to the audience, only half joking.
She failed in her first attempt at becoming Miss New Jersey, but two years later became Miss Spring Lake Heights.
After studies at the University of Wisconsin and an initial attempt at becoming a painter, Hansberry moved to New York to begin a career as a writer.
MILAN (AP) -- Barcelona's attempt to becoming European soccer's first repeat champion in two decades was jeopardized with a 3-1 loss to Inter Milan on Tuesday night in the first leg of a Champions League semifinal.
A British adventurer making her second attempt at becoming the only woman to row solo across the northern Pacific Ocean is closing in on an island in Alaska's Aleutians.
"The joy is in Texas, but our hearts are in Florida," said their parents in a statement when Jeb unexpectedly lost his first attempt at becoming governor in 1994, but George won.
Giambi asked McGwire how he was remaining busy in his first season in retirement, and McGwire said he played golf every day and was contemplating an attempt at becoming a professional golfer.
Randall's attempt at becoming the first American woman to win an Olympic cross-country skiing medal fell well short when she finished fourth of six skiers in a tough heat that featured both Bjoergen and German sprint specialist Denise Herrmann.
