Sentence examples for extraordinary attempt from inspiring English sources

Waltz With Bashir is his extraordinary attempt to unlock his memories, to uncover the past and lay it to rest.

But now with "Sesame Street" there is an extraordinary attempt to use the medium as a tool of instruction.

Angus Robertson, the SNP leader at Westminster, said: "This is an extraordinary attempt by Westminster to bully Scotland.

Officials working for Tory minister Eric Pickles have been accused of an extraordinary attempt to suppress internal government emails – on the grounds that publishing such correspondence could lead to unwelcome "political and media exposure".

Were such a shortfall to occur, it would amount to a major disappointment in what was seen as an extraordinary attempt to compensate thousands of people quickly and generously for one of the worst catastrophes on American soil.

The figures are an extraordinary attempt to quantify the volume of work done in the home – and put a price on what it would cost if that work was paid for.

When his grandfather returned from the gulag, his own son pushed past him, not recognising the shabby old man sitting on the stairs.The author highlights some extraordinary attempts by gulag inmates to make psychological and moral sense of their fate.

Cinderella's stepsisters go to extraordinary attempts to win the prince in the original Grimms version of the tale, slicing off parts of their feet to fit the golden slipper - to no avail, in the end, because the prince spots the blood spilling out of the shoe.

And there have been some extraordinary attempts to answer this question.

But less well known are the extraordinary attempts to reach deep into the bowels of the Earth.

An entertainer as much as an explorer, Robert operates in the tradition of street performers — jugglers, sword swallowers, fire-eaters, mimes — who, through extraordinary feats, attempt to imbue the impersonal city with humanity and mirth.