Sentence examples for attempted to form a from inspiring English sources

In 1609 British merchants attempted to form a settlement, but the Caribs forced them to leave.

One volunteer, who witnessed the clashes, described how riot police attempted to form "a defensive wall" between the refugees and hundreds of angry protesters.

Some attempted to form a human chain on the other side of the vestibule, to slow down the crowd rushing into the store.

When Italian nationalists attempted to form a government in an Italian state, Austria or its client states would intervene to crush it.

They attempted to form a multiparty leadership, but their political and territorial ambitions (and those of their powerful patrons in Zagreb [Croatia] and Belgrade [Serbia]) were incompatible.

French police attempted to form a ring of steel around the tunnel on Thursday night, prompting an evening of scuffles and standoffs with migrants attempting to breach the terminal in Calais.

Joineing forces with Szanhin Girej, they attempted to form an alliance with Moscow.

I attempted to form an argument to myself that, as a parody, it didn't qualify for this article.

Kennedy attempted to form an alliance with Carlito in the beginning, but Umaga quickly turned the match in his favor.

Syntaxin-3A also correctly localised in Sec13-depleted photoreceptors (Fig. 4J) regardless of whether they had attempted to form an outer segment or not (Fig. 4J, inset, arrowhead).

Bhutto and Sharif had been attempting to form a united front.