Sentence examples for attempt himself from inspiring English sources

On Buckley's version of "Hallelujah," for instance, the verse melodies ascend, and the open-throated singing transforms the chorus into a kind of earnest incantation that the songwriter probably wouldn't attempt himself.

Roosevelt became president with the assassination of William McKinley and survived an assassination attempt himself during the 1912 presidential campaign.

Also, while he is a key partner with the Americans and coalition forces -- having survived multiple assassination attempts himself -- he adamantly denies being on the C.I.A. payroll.

And Mehr doesn't attempt criticism himself in the book.

He makes one last attempt, hauling himself back up to 40-30.

It would be absurd to hold Morris to his mentor's standard, especially since he doesn't attempt that himself.

Anthony Gelling charged down Parker's first attempt, earning himself a yellow card.

Oh, and one time he staged an assassination attempt against himself?

Daniel Radcliffe is a smart guy and has tried to stretch himself in an attempt to separate himself from Potter.

That is just what they were: trials, or attempts upon himself.

"It's a very tough experiment," says Eric Norman of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California, who attempted it himself in the late 1990s.