Sentence examples for attempting to kick from inspiring English sources

Football, any of a number of related games, all of which are characterized by two persons or teams attempting to kick, carry, throw, or otherwise propel a ball toward an opponent's goal.

The police version describes the incident somewhat differently: "Ivery was aggressive in the transport vehicle, yelling, attempting to kick A/Os [arresting officers] and headbutted A/O [redacted] in the backseat.

Stuart Wilks-Hexecutiveutive director of Democratic Audit, said: "What this study tellingly reveals is the scale of the Conservative party's reliance on a variety of City interests at a time when the Conservative-led government is attempting to kick banking reform into the long grass".

Funny how house parties in music videos have zero in common with their real-life equivalent, where every available plughole is vomit-clogged, a local DJ repeatedly sequesters the stereo to put on his new dubstep mix, and the kid from up the road is gamely attempting to kick out all your banisters.

Referees have been ordered to be extremely strict on players attempting to kick the ball on the ground when prone opponents are in the vicinity so his heart would have skipped a couple of beats when replays appeared to show his boot making contact with Cipriani's head at a first-half ruck.

With his team trailing Denver, 16-13, and with the ball at the Denver 9, Martz chose to go for a first down on a fourth-and-1 pass instead of attempting to kick a field goal to tie the game.

"The same players in the 'nuclear village' that delivered Japan the Fukushima Daiichi tragedy in 2011 are attempting to kick-start nuclear power again".

The band played shows along the East Coast in December 1969, attempting to kick-start the record onto Billboard Top 200 Pop Albums chart.

Just when Charlie Brown is persuaded to attempt to kick the football, she snatches it away.

It had withstood the Netherlands' attempts to kick its star players out of the final.

Several men attempted to kick and punch the gay rights activists before police officers could grab them.