Sentence examples for attempt to nip from inspiring English sources

Their attempt to nip reform of the United Nations Security Council in the bud has been foiled for the moment at least.

That button is quite prominent on the Look, a design choice the company no doubt made in an attempt to nip some of the privacy questions in the bud.

Of course, the new database is only the latest Chinese attempt to nip this reputation in the bud.

Attempts to nip inflation in the bud sometimes lead to the unpleasant discovery that your financial system is weaker than you thought, with nasty consequences for the real economy.

So Goldfinger station wagons, random Ferraris, private cabs and the prized CUB 1 would block his suburban driveway and my teenage dad's attempts to nip out on his scooter and jot down train serial numbers.

The company attempted to nip some of the those issues in the bud ahead of launch — after all, 2018 hasn't been a great year for Facebook privacy.

Shortly after his arrival at Del Mar racetrack in early July, Paynter was profiled on TV, showing that his usual temperament was back to normal, as the camera showed him attempting to nip Baffert.

They are under 24-hour guard against the menace of egg-collectors, whose mindless vandalism threatens to nip this recolonisation attempt in the bud.

9.22pm BST 19 min: Dani Alves, who is not having one of his better games in defence, attempts to usher the ball out of play, only for Perisic to nip in behind him and attempt to hook in a cross before the ball rolls out of play.

Leicester's equaliser was a horrible moment for Fellaini, who underhit an attempted back-pass for David De Gea, which allowed Vardy to nip in and finish.

Catch – which deals with teenagers who have been thrown out of their family home or have attempted suicide – works on the principle that a swift response is crucial to nip problems in the bud.