Sentence examples for attempts to pin from inspiring English sources

But then, Wedekind's creation has always defied attempts to pin her down.

Sister Aimee's own image — flamboyant, brave, brassy, neurotically fragile — defied contemporary attempts to pin it down.

He can't be doing with interruptions or pesky attempts to pin him like a butterfly.

She has always dodged attempts to pin her down with her own polemic.

Ed Conway (@EdConwaySky) Paul Fisher squirming as @andrealeadsom attempts to pin down why BoE didn't raise concerns abt forex earlier.

In a BBC radio interview, Mr. Miliband skirted four separate attempts to pin him down on the matter.

Attempts to pin-point the level at which ClpX mediates its effect on Rot synthesis demonstrated that ClpX stimulates expression of Rot both at the level of transcription and translation (Fig. 6 and 8).

Any attempt to pin blame on one place is pointless.

How different is this from Galton's attempt to pin down the Jewish type?

Mr. Coetzee writes circles around any attempt to pin him down.

And as if to acknowledge that, Derek sidesteps every attempt to pin a label on its central character.