Sentence examples for attempted to live from inspiring English sources

They have taken a literary text, given it special status and attempted to live according to its precepts.

In Berlin, he moved in with his brother Karl (a notable illustrator and stage-set designer) and attempted to live by his pen.

We attempted to live a normal life in the suburbs, turning a blind eye to my father's membership of this clandestine organisation.

While most enthusiasts limited their affiliation to wearing sandals and sticking to a simple diet, the Duncans attempted to live the life.

Inspired by a Shanghai businessman, Stuart Jeffries attempted to live on just £10 a week – an experiment which involved drinking old Schnapps and stealing food from children.

The Greens senator Rachel Siewert, who said she attempted to live off the payment "for a week sometime ago", said it was "near impossible".

In September 2009 he attempted to live-stream his catwalk show – a ­re-creation of Atlantis including holograms, sea aliens and robot cameras – but the site crashed due to massive demand.

Would we attempt to live healthily?

It has the same paranormal trio co-habiting and attempting to live normal lives.

"We were attempting to live our lives by sips instead of slurps," Mr. Ziegler said.

The manner and the extent to which the community attempts to live by its guiding ideas and principles are discussed.