Sentence examples for attempt to grab from inspiring English sources

We did not attempt to grab power by bloodshed".

Any attempt to grab either of them could claim dozens of lives on both sides.

And it is then that Boris will attempt to grab the ball and run with it.

This would seem to be a nakedly political attempt to grab back assets by individuals in Cambodia".

"If anyone spots these two individuals, contact law enforcement officials — don't attempt to grab them," Mr. Romankow said.

"What we really have here is an attempt to grab a headline," Mr. Entis said of the environmental petition.

The only obvious result of his failed attempt to grab control of a sudden surge in support for independence has been polarisation.

Currency depreciation is the obvious current example, with countries effectively cutting their prices in an attempt to grab a bigger share of diminishing global exports.

Nor do I see an attempt to grab the revolutionary moment by the horns and push the U.S. in a new direction.

They were timed to cause maximum political damage, appearing in the same week as the government's attempt to grab control of the political agenda through its spending review.

The trustee's complaint "blatantly distorts both the facts and the law in an attempt to grab headlines," the bank said in the statement.