Sentence examples for continuing his attempts from inspiring English sources

Meanwhile, Duquette is continuing his attempts to acquire a starting pitcher and has been speaking to the Pittsburgh Pirates about Kris Benson and to the Cincinnati Reds about the former Mets Paul Wilson and Cory Lidle.

This refusal did not, however, prevent him from continuing his attempts to approach the Pretoria regime.

King's fire was heavy, but Pletz resisted, responding with his own cannon and continuing his attempts to escape.

Although he had been a part of several failed Everest expeditions in the early 1920s, Mallory told an interviewer in 1924 that he was continuing his attempts to climb the world's tallest mountain "because it's there".

He frequently traveled to Washington, D.C., continuing his attempt to gain redress through the U.S. Congress.

A string of international leaders have criticized Mr. Assad for making promises like respecting the cease-fire, and then continuing his attempt to put down the uprising by force.

He continued his attempts to find a prose style worthy of epic theme in Héloïse and Abélard (1921).

Arsenal could resume their attempt to sign Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema to strengthen their Premier League title campaign as manager Arsene Wenger continues his attempts to bring in a new striker.

President Obama will continue his attempts to engage younger voters this week, holding a rally with a musical guest, the Roots, in Philadelphia on Sunday and a town- hall-style meeting on MTV on Thursday.

"Fidel then continued his attempts to walk a thin line between a positive impression of a popular US president and the idea that the evil empire will never change".

The foreign secretary, a leading member of the campaign to leave the EU, also continued his attempts to play down concerns about the victory of Donald Trump in the US election.