Sentence examples for attempts at an from inspiring English sources

Back home, Andy's attempts at an apology are painful.

But such odd attempts at an impossible empathy break me deep inside.

Volapük, invented by a German priest in 1880, was one of the first attempts at an artificial universal language.

Plays, including "Driven Back to Egypt" Contains several papers lauding the achievement of Bristow Adams, clippings from "Who's Who" and attempts at an autobiography.

These attempts at an artificial extracellular matrix have the potential to accommodate cells and guide their growth and subsequent tissue regeneration.

READING I just finished Sarah Bakewell's terrific "How to Live: Or a Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer".

He raises questions about whether Mr. Obama's attempts at an evenhanded approach to the Arab world has reduced American influence there.

HOW TO LIVE: Or, A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer, by Sarah Bakewell (Other Press, $16.95).

All attempts at a climate-change bill have failed.

There are many attempts at a lightness of touch.

Mr. Downey's several attempts at a comeback failed.