Sentence examples for attempting to trip from inspiring English sources

Or attempting to trip someone.

"Tripping or attempting to trip an opponent" is an offence – so if this defender has launched himself into a dangerous challenge then he is guilty of a red-card offence – even if there was no contact.

Barnes, banned for attempting to trip the referee in last month's defeat to Bolton, took his tally to nine goals in 35 appearances for the Seagulls this season.

It appears that the striker may have drawn the ire of opposing goalkeeper Chinnakorn Deesai by attempting to trip him up, but no one was prepared for what came next: The goalie executed a full-wind up kick to the chest of a player lying on the turf.

There are seven fouls that may be punished by the referee with a direct free kick if the player is careless, reckless, or uses excessive force: kicking or attempting to kick an opponent tripping or attempting to trip an opponent jumping at an opponent charging an opponent striking or attempting to strike an opponent pushing an opponent tackling an opponent.

"I reached out my left leg and attempted to trip her," he said.

– On-field incidents have ranged from the usual poor sportsmanship to the more extreme, such as a 2007 incident in which goalkeeper Oswaldo Sanchez attempted to trip American striker Eddie Johnson as he celebrated scoring a goal.

When they faced each other again three years later, Mexico keeper Oswaldo Sanchez rather cheekily attempted to trip US striker Eddie Johnson up, which might not seem that unusual, apart from the fact he did so after Johnson had scored, and was wheeling away to celebrate.

On Tuesday's edition of Morning Joe, Mika Brzeznski, Andrea Mitchell and Very Serious Mark Halperin (who publicly encouraged Senator McCain to convince people that Senator Obama is a terrorist) agreed that after three days of reporting the actual news that Senator Obama's overseas visit was successful, they should deliberately attempt to "trip him up" -- to "hold him accountable".

It's part of a great lost tradition of mountainside Baptist preaching called "Acid Christianity" in which pastors would attempt to trip-out their congregation into accepting Jesus as the ultimate mindfuck and, incidentally, their savior.

In 2005, the North County Times in Oceanside, California, reported an 800percentt increase in rear-end accidents at one intersection caused by brake-slammers attempting to avoid tripping the cameras during the first few months of the cameras' operation.