Sentence examples for attempted to found from inspiring English sources

The English attempted to found a colony near Manokwari in 1793.

The English attempted to found a colony near Manokwari (now in West Papua) in 1793.

In 2003, he attempted to found a political movement named The Ratelband List, which failed to win a single seat.

He attempted to found a Catholic hostel at Oxford but was thwarted by the opposition of Manning.

In May 1587 White sailed with more than 100 colonists as governor of a second colony that Sir Walter Raleigh attempted to found in North America.

Several years later, he attempted to found a monastery on l'Île (island) de Ré, near the French port of La Rochelle.

We attempted to find answers to two questions.

A number of studies have attempted to find such charts.

In Peru and Bolivia this summer I attempted to find out.

The late Joe Fox attempted to find backers for the show.

Stamford police attempted to find such equipment, but were unsuccessful.