Sentence examples for attempt to beat from inspiring English sources

A naked girl walked into his office - a last-ditch attempt to beat the heat.

Any attempt to beat the Americans at their own game would be disastrous.

Benflis is making his second attempt to beat Bouteflika after failing 10 years ago.

There was no false restraint, no attempt to beat up artificial emotion.

But for now the military-led government's attempt to beat back or squash the demonstrations only invigorate them.

Kmart's woes stem most immediately from its latest attempt to beat Wal-Mart at its own game.

The Galaxy Tab S is Samsung's no-holds-barred attempt to beat Apple and its dominant iPad.

To attempt to beat the West at its own game, as Japan was then doing, was already to admit defeat.

Müller's weak attempt to beat Gianluigi Buffon broke a run of 22 successful spot-kicks from Germany in shootouts.

He did not attempt to beat his man on the outside but when he moved inwards, as his first instinct told him, his marker Peter Pekarik followed.

In fact, it was an attempt to beat the Americans at their own game that killed televised wrestling in this country for a decade.