Sentence examples for attempts at getting from inspiring English sources

Some of my friends have made six or seven attempts at getting it right.

After what they said were many unsuccessful attempts at getting into shelters separately, they married on Valentine's Day 2005, making themselves eligible for a family shelter.

CANADA PM MISSES GROUP PHOTOGRAPH The other talking point of the day is the botched attempts at getting the leaders together for a group photo.

After a few attempts at getting the situation under control, Kubrick abandoned the place to the children, taking me into a small breakfast room near the kitchen.

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After more than 100 attempts at getting the fried chicken just right, Mr. McInnis finally settled on a process inspired by Mr. Kunkel's Grandma Llewellyn: brining the bird for 27 hours, dredging it in cayenne-spiced flour and then frying it.

Napoleon's uncle Rico (Jon Gries) is a middle-aged man who lives in a camper van and is obsessed with his failed football career and with attempts at get rich quick schemes.

"My feeling was I was an attempt at getting fresh blood in here," Mr. Fenster said.

"There's no serious attempt at getting some terrific output going," he said.

It wasn't Ms. Lucas's first attempt at getting the two together, but when she had attempted a match-up before, Ms. Flood and Mr. Morrison were dating other people.

Kevin Durant blocks Pau Gasol's attempt at getting the last shot of the first quarter, preventing the kind of shot that can give a team momentum.