Sentence examples for attempting about from inspiring English sources

He is also attempting about two fewer shots a game than last season in Jackson's attempt to preserve his legs with so much of the season, and all of the postseason, still to come.

In an informal survey this week, a team of five from The New York Times, with each member attempting about 20 trips, fanned out into Manhattan, boarded cabs and tried to use credit or debit cards (the transactions are the same) to pay the fare.

The "walk" is best attempted about an hour after high tide when the sea is on the ebb.

In last season's Super Bowl-winning campaign, Manning had 742 attempts, about twice as many as in 2012 so far.

In specialist centres, ocular preservation is attempted in about 60 70% of patients and is successful in about 90% of these cases (Damato and Lecuona, 2004).

They're not technically challenging, it's about attempting to represent something as simply as possible.

There she sits, attempting conversation about bras and cheerleading with her two disaffected daughters.

But Parmenides mistakenly thought that all talk about not-being is attempted talk about nothing.

Even attempting to write about it is a performance.

Fry has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder and has spoken in the past about attempting suicide.

"And I'd be cautious about attempting to discern a reason beyond that," he said.