Sentence examples for callous attempt from inspiring English sources

An ethicist dismissed that as a callous attempt at rationalization.

But campaigners say the move is "callous" attempt to reduce net migration figures and creates an "official threat" for abusive partners to use against their spouse.

It is widely despised by the British public, who see it what for what it is; a callous attempt to punish low-income, social housing tenants.

Dave Fairclough, the assistant director of the immigration enforcement criminal investigations team, said: "This was a particularly callous attempt to smuggle people into the UK.

Little seemed to go right for Republicans in November, including their callous attempts to suppress turnout among minority voters.

What in one community looked like a bold attempt to shake up a deeply dysfunctional education bureaucracy looked like a callous effort to foreclose opportunities for middle class employment in another.

He skilfully embodies them all, from a stubbornly independent middle-aged man to the two adolescent girls (one pious, one callous) as they attempt to find their place in the world.

NUJ Irish secretary, Seamus Dooley, said the closure threat was "a callous and crude attempt by Northern and Shell to protect their UK commercial interests", and he claimed that the company had shown "no regard for the livelihood" of its Irish workers.

In a blog post headlined "The Benghazi Whitewash," Tim Miller, executive director of America Rising, a political action committee, said Mr. Brock started "the Democrats' callous, politically motivated attempts to whitewash the failures leading up to and attempted cover-up" after the attack in Benghazi.

So you can either consider the fact that "Heartbeats by Lady Gaga" was just announced as one of two things: a callous cash grab, attempting to earn more money while Lady Gaga is still popular, or… no, that's the only reason these things exist.

Trump has already "shown callous disregard for Syrians attempting to flee for their lives," said Margaret Huang, the executive director of Amnesty International USA, in a statement Friday morning.