Sentence examples for attempted a bit from inspiring English sources

Ravings get ratings and Morgan attempted a bit of it himself and got run over.

Giroux was suspended for headhunting, and his team was further undone when its own overpriced goalie, Ilya Bryzgalov, then attempted a bit of Brodeurian puck redistribution, which backfired — literally.

All told, after sixteen games, we have seen no buzzer beaters — aside from one that was attempted a bit too early — and only one game with a final margin of fewer than five points.

It attempts a bit of everything and it finally takes you nowhere very much.

Aged 33 and 34 respectively, Messrs Fanning and Parker still have the time and the determination to attempt a bit more creative disruption.

Cal would usually attempt a bit of humor when I visited, as though trying to cheer me up.

Every now and again, designers attempt a bit of outside-the-box thinking regarding the lounge suit.

Instead I'm going to attempt a bit of honesty (and then hide under a table in my flat and await the inevitable backlash).

You might as well attempt a bit of outside-the-box thinking about a Pot Noodle: it is what it is, and there's a reason it has largely stayed the same since it was invented.

He is also attempting a bit of cultural analysis, subtly questioning the role of tradition - is it harmless local colour, or can it sometimes reinforce more pernicious ideas of mob mentality, tribalism, entrenched conservatism and - in the case of Darkie Day - outright racial mockery?

The report also attempts a bit of future-gazing and predicts that in the next 10 years, children growing up will have little understanding of a world without the internet.