Sentence examples for cowardly attempt from inspiring English sources

He calls it a "cowardly attempt to distract attention" from the Horthy regime's collaboration and "a brazen drive to falsify history".

His cowardly attempt to cover up his Nazi past is one of the most striking examples of the moral degradation of a man of genius.

The Afghan president, Ashraf Ghani, condemned the attack as a cowardly attempt to grab headlines by a group that could not claim territory.

People may tell you this is either a violation of free speech or a cowardly attempt to stifle debate but, generally speaking, these people are trolls.

We offer our deepest condolences to the families who lost loved ones in this barbaric attack and to the people of Brussels who were the target of another cowardly attempt to terrorize innocent civilians.

But Batten's defence of Benjamin was both a monstrous abuse of language – he really should borrow a dictionary – and, even worse, a cowardly attempt to present words of sexual violence as sparkling wit.

Presidential candidate Moise Jean Charles, one of a handful of frontrunners in the race, expressed solidarity with the victims, adding that "Haitians in Cite Soleil and across Haiti will not be deterred by these cowardly attempts to suppress and manipulate the elections of October 25".

Laurie Penny at Liberal Conspiracy says what's depressing about this rebellion is that it's not about principle; it's just "a cowardly, schoolyard attempt to kick an unpopular prime minister when he's finally down".

"It was a cowardly attack, unsigned, and not preceded by any attempt to contact me for comment".

"This was a cowardly attack," said Solorio, who himself survived an assassination attempt a week ago.

Not praise for that undeserved and cowardly attack, but praise for the courage of those willing to give their own lives in an attempt to save others.