Sentence examples for attempted to be a from inspiring English sources

New England attempted to be a more balanced team on offense this season, as evidenced by its rushing totals.

Anyone who has attempted to be a scholar for a living has just laughed so hard that her coffee has mottled this page.

The creator of Wallace and Gromit and Creature Comforts, Nick Park, attempted to be a little more sanguine, saying that after the earthquake in Pakistan, "in light of other tragedies, today isn't a big deal".

Crudely they attempted to be a Tory version of Blairite New Labour and discovered they could not pull it off in the dramatically changed times of the 2010 election.

It really is a bit of tragedy". The creator of Wallace and Gromit and Creature Comforts, Nick Park, attempted to be a little more sanguine, saying that after the earthquake in Pakistan, "in light of other tragedies, today isn't a big deal".

According to Duke teammate Bilas, Amaker was quite fashion-conscious and attempted to be a trendsetter.

"Attempting to be a pseudo-Disneyland didn't work out".

I am attempting to be a social scientist trying to explain voting behavior.

The Apple CEO made it clear that he is not attempting to be a new Steve Jobs.

He was a homosexual alcoholic artist attempting to be a straight, married man.

Or will he attempt to be a behaviour tsar – a dictator?