Sentence examples for attempted to push back from inspiring English sources

The government has, at times, attempted to push back against such pessimism.

The ACLU has attempted to push back against these bans in the courts but, so far, with little success.

In January 1915 Enver Paşa attempted to push back the Russians at the battle of Sarıkamış, only to suffer the worst Ottoman defeat of the war.

Cricket would not accommodate Kevin Pietersen; he would accommodate cricket.When, in subsequent years, cricket attempted to push back, he reacted stroppily.

Carney on Friday attempted to push back on the billowing controversy by calling the sudden surge of media interest in the story "a distraction".

Last week a couple of hundred people attempted to push back against such noxious narratives by protesting outside Islamabad's Red Mosque, a bastion of Taliban sympathisers that could not bring itself to unequivocally condemn the Peshawar attacks.

Bianca Rinehart and her brother John Hancock sued their mother for alleged misconduct in attempting to push back the date back to 2068.

First she ignores Zoe Barnes and her greasy approach to the craft, then she attempts to push back when it is clear Ms. Barnes may be a threat.

He also cited Ramadan, and said the enemy was "attempting to push back on us" in response to the new security operation.

He appeared to be attempting to push back against early reports that the government had direct access to the huge computer servers at Google, Microsoft, Facebook and similar companies.

But the reprieve will be short-lived for Mr. Gingrich, whose campaign of "ideas" has been largely sidetracked for days as he attempts to push back against the relentless barrage of attacks against him.