Sentence examples for attempted to call a from inspiring English sources

It was an audio history of The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu, from the very moment Jimmy and I started out (1987) to when we attempted to call a halt to it all (1995).

How many of my fellow-Americans have attempted to call a relative or colleague outside of our fine fifty states, only to be met with endless beeps because they failed to dial something called a "country code," and, when they asked around about it, how many had a condescending "friend" explain that each country has a "different one"?

In an attempt to clear his name, Feghoul attempted to call a Belgian witness of Turkish origin to vouch for him, but the prisoner refused, and was released soon after, as the governments of Europe scrambled to repatriate their citizens.

The Daily News reported that an internal MTA memo circulated on Friday announced that all hourly employees who took the day off without calling in will not be paid or must prove they called or attempted to call a supervisor, according to TWU Local 100 President John Samuelsen, who spoke with the paper.

For the delay on receiving neonatal care, 25 (31.3%) attempted to call a nurse or doctor for further check up of the baby.

It was also alleged that he was captured with a satellite phone linked to one of the killings, and that he "attempted to call an al-Qaeda member who is linked to the murder of an ICRC [International Committee of the Red Cross] worker".

Livingstone said the row had attracted attention for "all the wrong reasons", but received short shrift from Johnson's camp after attempting to call a truce.

Short-sellers have flocked to this equity, attempting to call a top to its gains.

Meanwhile, investors are attempting to call a top to the stock's ascent.

Yet, short sellers are attempting to call a top to AMZN's uptrend.

On the sentiment front, options players are attempting to call a bottom to TXN's decline.