Sentence examples for attempting to throw off from inspiring English sources

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In its editorial and its marketing, the paper is attempting to throw off its old-fashioned image as the preferred buy of your Auntie Winnie from Goring-By-Sea.

Also in 1190, he sent an army against Rhys ap Gruffydd, a Welsh prince who was attempting to throw off the control of the marcher lords that surrounded Wales.

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1728 Abkhazia, Georgia May 8 , 1773near Salihiyya, Egypt ʿAlī Bey, (born 1728, Abkhasia, Caucasus [now Abkhaziya, Georgia] died May 8 , 1773 near Ṣāliḥiyya, Egypt) Mamlūk governor of Egypt under Ottoman suzerainty who attempted to throw off the Ottoman Turkish rule.

The next day, Bompart attempted to throw off his pursuers by feinting towards Lorient, and again the following day by feinting south, as if travelling towards the Antilles.

Dupotet attempted to throw off Amethysts pursuit during the night by turning westwards once more, but Seymour anticipated this manoeuvre and turned his ship westwards as well, discovering Niémen only a few miles ahead at 21 40.

Taylor and Rawling initially tried to hide this brute application of Auto-Tune, attempting to throw journalists off the scent with talk of ­ancient Korg keyboards and Roachford's 1989 hit Cuddly Toy.

Delaying intromission and demanding extra ripple signaling, as well as attempting to throw the male off before the intromission starts, may increase female vulnerability to predators, especially if predators are abundant.

When you start a juke by attempting to throw your defender off with quick ducks and weaves, you always run the risk that your defender won't "take the bait" and start following your movements and instead will head right for you.

Always stretch before attempting to throw or workout.

By then, Clijsters was varying her trajectories and spins in an attempt to throw off Li's rhythm.

Republicans responded with fury to this studied attempt to throw off the legacy of the Reagan and Bush years.

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