Sentence examples for attempts to lean from inspiring English sources

With Ted Chaough in California, she's an underling all over again, humiliated despite her hard work and brassy attempts to lean in ("I guess I'm immune to your charms," her boss tells her).

The protests were sparked by Mr Compaoré's attempts to lean on the parliament to lift a two-term limit on his time in office that he had rashly written into the constitution.

My hope is that these circles will continue to provide a space where women support each other's attempts to lean in, both professionally and personally.

What could put the president in hot water with Special Counsel Robert Mueller now are his alleged attempts to lean on Comey to end the FBI's investigation into former national security adviser Michael Flynn.

Because look at him: dawdling through an art gallery, Puma T-shirt and shorts, not a care in the world, can of Fanta or similar in his hand, and then flooomp: attempts to lean his shoulder against a wall but instead trips over one of them little rope things and straight up punches a 350-year-old masterpiece in the bollocks.

Because look at him: dawdling through an art gallery, Puma T-shirt and shorts, not a care in a world, can of Fanta or similar in his hand, and then flooomp: attempts to lean his shoulder against a wall but instead trips over one of them little rope things and straight up punches a 350-year-old masterpiece in the bollocks.

When the President considered striking Syria in 2013, he made no attempt to lean on the 2001 law, and was prepared to seek a new congressional authorization.

It would be a grave error to attempt to "lean on Russia" without taking into account the current mood in Russian society and arrogantly disregarding the opinion of millions of Russian voters.

The mayor of Paris, Bertrand Delanöe, a Socialist, said, "If the facts are verified, it would be a huge state scandal because it would mean there had been an attempt to lean on the judges".

France's CGT trade union has been accused of a "scandalous" attempt to lean on the press after it prevented almost all of Thursday's French national newspapers from being printed, as part of escalating nationwide strike action against the government's changes to labour laws.

"These seem to be examples of an attempt to lean on a newspaper and prevent it going about its legitimate business," Mr Gallagher said.