Sentence examples for attempt to drag from inspiring English sources

There is one desperate, misguided attempt to drag the story toward some kind of contemporary relevance.

They argue that Lewis's only role was a short-lived attempt to drag his companions away from the conflict.

There's a version of the Doxology, featuring the organist Travis Sayles, who makes no attempt to drag it outside the church.

Danny Rose has warned his Sunderland team-mates they need to be ready for a scrap as they attempt to drag themselves out of an alarming slump.

But Mr. Miller said the department would not participate "in an attempt to drag people's names through the mud for political purposes".

But hipness is not easy to fake, and there is something a little awkward about the Olympics' attempt to drag teen cool onto the premises.

Katrin's first two attempts to drag out the Kia failed.

To me they are merely pathetic and faceless hackers attempting to drag athletes through the mud.

O'Neill could have done without any distractions as he attempts to drag Sunderland away from the developing battle against relegation.

Photograph by Benjamin Lowy / Getty Images Reportage for The New Yorker Katrin's first two attempts to drag out the Kia failed.

Hamas also denounced "the heinous crime" and "all attempts to drag the Palestinians into Syria's painful events".