Sentence examples for attempt to appear from inspiring English sources

Hayes made little attempt to appear disinterested.

This is a spineless attempt to appear as the nice guy to both sides.

The sun made a half-hearted attempt to appear around noon, then gave up and went back to bed.

But at the same time, the state's Republican Congressional delegation has made no attempt to appear evenhanded.

Arnold quickly photographed them and, in an attempt to appear friendly, approached them and said that they could walk right up to the fire if they wanted.

The press conference was part of the beleaguered Sarkozy's attempt to appear more poised and presidential in the runup to a difficult battle for re-election next year.

According to Congressman Dennis Kucinich, "the announcement of such a paltry troop withdrawal is an Orwellian attempt to appear to drawdown the war without actually ending the war".

She was a nervous wreck but attempted to appear relaxed.

There was no trace of performance, of rehearsal, of an angle, of attempts to appear cool or impress.

But Gore's subsequent attempts to appear affable blurred the very real philosophical disagreement between the two men.

I have bitten noses when going in for a kiss; I have crushed groins while attempting to appear seductive.