Sentence examples for attempt to behave from inspiring English sources
The house parties are now more like reality TV shows, in which average citizens attempt to behave normally under the glare of dozens of cameras.
All of which is something Lenny isn't counting on when, in an attempt to behave like a big man himself, he skips his own bachelor party to hire on as wheel man for the delivery of a "gift".
Their attempts to behave normally and to protect their children and lifestyles are dismissed as profligate waste or as demonstrating their inability to cope.
It goes without saying that a human being who attempted to behave in any of these ways would be urged to stop and, with some hand-wringing, be hospitalized.
This is because white Americans have supposed "Europe" and "civilization" to be synonyms — which they are not — and have been distrustful of other standards and other sources of vitality, especially those produced in America itself, and have attempted to behave in all matters as though what was east for Europe was also east for them.
During these types of considerations, there can be significant internal conflicts to contend with while attempting to act or behave ethically.
But McGeer claims that trust grounded in the "esteem-seeking mechanism" of wanting others' good opinion is not rational because it is not dependable; as soon as the trustees see it for what it is a cunning attempt to get them to behave in a certain way they will refuse to live up to it (252).
(Tim) I think one of the proper intentions of a review body like the Guardianship Board is trying to pin clinicians down to being precise when they talk about risk, of course, because the Guardianship Board absolutely appals dialogue, they attempt to compel people to behave in certain ways, but these are proper questions.
"Attempting to influence employees to behave dishonestly is the kind of conduct which, if ignored by baseball, would undermine the public's confidence in our game," Kuhn wrote in a 12-page ruling.
