Sentence examples for empty attempts from inspiring English sources

The only things left are empty attempts at the most crucial moments.

Empty attempts at oversight are worse than doing nothing, as they provide cover for parties that otherwise would be easier to excoriate.

The decision by the International Court of Justice that said Israel's security barrier is illegal is another empty attempt by the Arab world, the Palestinians and their supporters to try to impose a solution on the Middle East instead of recognizing Israel's right to be an independent Jewish state and to work toward peaceful negotiations carried out in good faith.

A Roman call to arms at the end is made to seem an empty, craven attempt to take political advantage of a private tragedy, a bit of saber rattling as pointless as the rape itself.

Or "This Success/This Failure," in which young children at play in an empty room attempt to draw visitors into their games, and after a certain time decide themselves whether the result has been a success or a failure.

Would Sophia's citizenship hold up in court in some strange future legal precedent that will come back to haunt us 10 years from now? Was the whole thing a depressingly empty, unironic attempt at publicity for Sophia's human captors?

Andersen capped the shutout by denying a frenzy of empty-net attempts in the final minute, making 16 saves in the third period.

Insufficient staffing resulted in lines of 90 minutes for meals despite empty tables and attempts to divert guests to surcharged dining rooms, where the food was not as good.

Khaldun meanwhile, kills Rachid's men in an empty building, and attempts to disarm the bomber, young Abu Hassan (Taahir Husein), but he runs away into a playground.

He came away from eight other attempts empty-handed.

Police responded with tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse the crowd, after some anarchist demonstrators wrecked an empty police car, attempting to overturn it, while others smashed the windows of banks and started fires.