Sentence examples for attempting to close from inspiring English sources

In attempting to close an educational gap, he noted, the project may have inadvertently widened it.

The state legislature and the governor are attempting to close a $100 million deficit.

The Luxembourg Freeport was nearing completion, and he was attempting to close the deal on the Rothko.

Elements of the rebel Free Syrian Army are attacking from both north and south, attempting to close the corridor.

As Chambers's lawyers pointed out, he was not attempting to close down a public transport hub but urging it to resume normal working operations.

Then last month, a 90-year-old woman who lives in the building was injured after attempting to close a new bedroom window before going to bed.

Watching Amélie Mauresmo attempting to close out matches is invariably like seeing somebody trying to shut a door in the teeth of a howling gale.

Not for the first time, Li got the jitters in attempting to close out the match but another sloppy groundstroke from Sharapova did the job.

As he lingered in the doorway I was attempting to close on him, he offered "massage, good price, surfing, argan oil" while simultaneously declaring his love.

A surgery in 1883 attempted to close the fistula.

Corporate criminal liability is another way that American law attempts to close the responsibility gap.