Sentence examples for attempted to stop from inspiring English sources

It was still dark in the area, and no civilians attempted to stop us".

They turned their guns on him when he attempted to stop them, neighbours said.

If the regime had known this was coming, they would have attempted to stop it.

A second unmarked police car called to the scene attempted to stop the Maxima.

Today's spin doctors would almost certainly have attempted to stop it appearing.

He added that Hasan only shot at one civilian, who had attempted to stop the attack.

Later, after darkness had fallen, protesters attempted to stop traffic on the Brooklyn Bridge.

Gatecrasher's management eventually attempted to stop them coming to the club, but the damage was done.

Officials even briefly attempted to stop the sale of medical face-masks for fear they might be donned by demonstrators.

(As far as we know, Cappo never attempted to stop a bullet with a garbage-can lid).

During the Greece leg of the relay, a few activists attempted to stop the relay by lying on the street.