Sentence examples for attempts going from inspiring English sources

I'm very disturbed by attempts going on right now to restore a positive image of Stalin.

Swansea had never won at Old Trafford before in 10 previous attempts going back to 1931.

Dinamo had not won a group stage tie in 15 previous attempts, going back to 1999.

Larry Bird made only 5 of 19 field-goal attempts, going 0 for 7 in the opening quarter and 1 for 10 in the first half.

Nogales compares previous efforts at imaging TFIID, including her own attempts going back nearly 20 years, to taking a photograph of a soccer team on the field and averaging the motions of all the players.

Roethlisberger throws the deep pass more than either of the quarterbacks the Jets have faced this postseason, with 25 percent of his attempts going for 20 or more yards, according to figures compiled by Football Outsiders.

Both attempts went foul.

Some of these attempts went badly wrong.

The first two attempts went terribly.

As branding or rebranding attempts go, this one strikes us as arguing with success.

As assassination attempts go, this was not Day of the Jackal.