Sentence examples for attempt to retrieve a from inspiring English sources

But the poster is more than a practical attempt to retrieve a painting, although of course we must hope it succeeds.

At one point in the first set she made a lunging attempt to retrieve a wide forehand drive that saw her topple very slowly into the tram lines like a Grenadier Guard heroically fainting on parade.

There is a series of complicated events including former lovers, dusty legal documents and Marty's attempt to retrieve a mysterious envelope – which, we learn, contains the formula of the elixir.

retries: Set the number of times any attempt to retrieve a file should retry before returning an error.

Imagine you're an alien and during your first visit to Earth you encounter a group of humans playing the game bobbing for apples, in which participants attempt to retrieve a floating apple from a large tub filled with water using only their mouths.

While the two attempt to retrieve a falling capsule filled with animals, Eggman shoots down Tails' plane.

The first time you attempt to retrieve an encrypted message, you will be redirected to a form used to register as a Secure Mail user.

From a rooftop vantage point Dirk and his surly assistant JANICE PEARCE witness Richard's bizarre attempt to retrieve an answering machine message he left for Susan before she can hear it - by breaking into her flat.

The most famous of these were the Grimm brothers, who were attempting to "retrieve a record of the German spirit".

In the new box office topper, a shorts-wearing sea sponge attempts to retrieve a secret recipe from a pirate played by Antonio Banderas.

Austrian authorities had temporarily detained him earlier this year when he attempted to retrieve a loaded gun he had hidden in a restroom at Vienna airport in January.