Sentence examples for attempt to please from inspiring English sources
He zigzagged on immigration in an attempt to please everyone and predictably pleased no-one.
Many in Russia viewed Vekselberg's action as a transparent attempt to please Putin.
"The town board totally ignored their public trust in their attempt to please the Talmages".
Frida would devote herself to Strindberg's career in an attempt to please both father and lover.
She called the remarks part of an ill-conceived attempt to please various government constituencies.
They won't be able to throw money around anymore in a populist attempt to please everyone".
For Romney, the danger is that of going too far in attempting to please every constituency.
He's like you and I, the child within who attempts to please and then fails.
During the election campaign he attempted to please both sides by promising to amend Greece's deal with creditors.
But move he did, rendering a hilarious and complicated meditation on relationships, the body and doomed attempts to please another person.
If it's hard to quantify their effect, it's best to consider Super Bowl advertisements as very expensive attempts to please, amuse, distract, and even, perhaps unintentionally, unsettle us — and to judge them accordingly.
