Sentence examples for attempted to read from inspiring English sources

The project first took shape for Lean in 1986 when he attempted to read Nostromo.

I have half attempted to read it, then put it down.

But has anyone attempted to read the poetry of Felix Dennis sober?

My classmates attempted to read Just Seventeen under the pews, but I slipped off to a quiet corner and encountered a peace and spaciousness that forever marked me.

In bed writer attempted to read the "Times", but day after day, sick with his hopeless virus, he picked up the newspaper & felt like a teacher with an armload of sophomore term papers.

When the country "phoned in" to deliver its top three votes, the crowd could be heard booing the Russian spokesman as she attempted to read out the country's results from Moscow.

Do not attempt to read the manual backward or underwater.

Finally, I'm attempting to read Michael Lewis's "The Big Short".

A word to the tear prone: Don't attempt to read the ending in public.

Could it be because I'm attempting to read too much into it?

Throughout, Pajamas makes a show of attempting to read her book.