Sentence examples for attempt to trap from inspiring English sources

It also says that Mr. Wiesenthal was part of a largely unknown earlier attempt to trap Eichmann in Austria in the last days of 1948.

The release date approaches, meanwhile, for Bridget Christie's A Book for Her, the attempt to trap between soft covers the all-conquering success of her recent feminist standup work.

After a failed attempt to trap an animal for food, Joe sets off through the trees, comes to a busy road, crosses to a restaurant, and returns with roast chicken.

Though my obsession with the toy cement mixer had ended by the next Christmas, I have never forgotten it, or the feeling in my chest and midsection whenever yet another, even more involved attempt to trap the toy's magic met with failure — a mix of crushing disappointment and ecstatic reverence.

Ms Mjadzelics previously told the court she swapped indecent images and had explicit online conversations with Watkins in an attempt to trap him and expose wrongdoing.

She has said she only swapped indecent images and had explicit online conversations about child abuse with Watkins in an attempt to trap him.

Displaying remarkable speed and dexterity, the rabbit evaded capture for quite some time as track staff attempted to trap it in a large bucket.

When Lindsey Graham attempted to trap her into repeating the "wise Latina" comment for the evening news, she simply sat it out as he shuffled through his papers, making a show of not being able to find the quote.

In their attempts to trap the cats for spaying and neutering, Ms. Adams said she and her husband had been bitten and scratched and each has undergone a series of rabies shots.

Barker's book has fascinating moments for journalists, not least the lengthy questioning of Cudlipp by Liberace's counsel, Gilbert Beyfus QC, in which he attempts to trap the Mirror supremo into admitting that his sensational, risk-taking paper was reckless.

Flaviu the lynx has been missing from Dartmoor zoo for five days and though staff are confident they know roughly where he is, attempts to trap him have so far failed.