Sentence examples for attempt to shoot from inspiring English sources

Niagara's attempt to shoot itself back into the game from long range backfired.

Mr. Chávez said government agents thwarted an attempt to shoot down his plane with an antitank bazooka.

The secret service did not initially attempt to shoot down the aircraft, according to a White House security review.

Her thinly disguised attempt to shoot the messenger, cloaked in moral outrage, has me a little confused.

Mary Testa brings her brassy belt to the role of Anna Edson Taylor, the first woman to attempt to shoot Niagara Falls in a barrel.

Van Gaal told his players at half-time that they should attempt to shoot from distance to increase their chances of scoring.

A tactical flight officer on board the helicopter fired multiple times into the vehicle in an attempt to shoot the tires.

Last winter, a 15-year-old boy was treated at the burn center after trying to film an attempt to shoot a basket with a flaming basketball.

The Pentagon conducted tests of important elements of the proposed national missile defense system today, in preparation for another attempt to shoot down a target in space.

The test was intended to test elements to be used in the next attempt to shoot down a mock warhead in space.

His late 60s boyfriend, Billy Sipple, became famous in September 1975, when he thwarted Sara Jane Moore's attempt to shoot Gerald Ford.