Sentence examples for attempts to make something from inspiring English sources

Some of the strongest passages of dialogue in "Spy" feel like drink-driven attempts to make something lucid or funny out of an irredeemably miserable perception of life.

There were two documentaries -- one about Kyoto, the other a history of Japanese film -- and there were attempts to make something called "Hollywood Zen".

They control some real-world device, such as a heater or a motor, which attempts to make something (position or temperature) match a desired value.

Michael's family leaves him, and his attempts to make something of himself bring him into conflict with Devin Weston, a self-made billionaire venture capitalist and corporate raider who develops a grudge against him and vows revenge.

All have grown out of attempts to make something new out of the same old choices.

He linked two unrelated news events, attempted to make something of them and in doing so made an almighty mess.

Later in the song, there's a reference to hard carbon nitrides -- the attempt to make something like artificial diamonds.

Three times in the first half he accelerated away from his markers in an attempt to make something happen.

They accused the Independent, which broke the story, of "a desperate attempt to make something out of nothing".

"The first anguished attempt to make something — anything" out of the Bicentennial, according to an editorial in the Washington Post, was "distinguished by commercial and ideological hucksterism".

Both Tom and Mary are trying to figure out where their futures lie, attempting to make something of the unpromising hands they've been dealt by fate.