Sentence examples for attempts to rob from inspiring English sources

Sam Wheat (Swayze) and girlfriend Molly Jensen (Moore) are returning from a night out in New York City when a street thug attempts to rob the pair.

He played a desperate man who attempts to rob a bank to pay for his boyfriend's sex-change operation – which was a daring storyline back in 1975.

My concern was that, if we merely looked at photographs of lynchings, we risked being complicit in those terrible acts, in their attempts to rob their victims not just of life but also of dignity, honor, and, above all, privacy.

These recipes often involve insane fusions (Buffalo wing pot sticker soufflé), unnecessary inversions of the natural order (vegan bratwurst), or just attempts to rob the event of all joy by being stridently health conscious (one memorable recipe replaced the avocados in guacamole with puréed peas).

The opening title sequence, in which the outlaw posse controlled by Holden's character Pike Bishop enters town and attempts to rob a railroad, is noteworthy for the way it juxtaposes its theme music and its incipient outlaw bloodlust with a scene of local children pitting two scorpions against an army of fire ants.

Jim's attempts to rob a bank fail and they are forced to cancel their plans.

They pool their complementary resources in an audacious attempt to rob a mob-connected nightclub owner.

Fleeing from the murder, Jackson attempted to rob a small market, and killed the owner, James B. Hall.

He said investigators believe that gunmen attempted to rob the men, and fired when they resisted.

— Note from a Pennsylvania man who allegedly attempted to rob a bank in an apparent bid to go to prison.

In 1967, at twenty-two, he attempted to rob a bank, in order to raise funds for the cause.