Sentence examples for feeble tries from inspiring English sources

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After a few feeble tries on our part at "Summer Nights," he said, "I guarantee you, by the end of this movie, you'll all be singing!" and disappeared into his office.

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It was my feeble attempt to try and shake him out of a death wish he seemed to have.

Dos Anjos is not rising to the bait though, and he claimed McGregor's most recent outburst was a feeble attempt to try and drum up support in Brazil ahead of the Las Vegas showdown.

EDIT: When I first posted this, I had called our readers sheep in a feeble attempt to try and spark some debate.

Still, he tries one feeble attempt to explain.

Bale clips that to the edge of the box, from where Jenas tries to sweep in into the net, but it's a feeble effort.

A guy in a suit came on stage, tried to calm the frisky, young audience and, after a feeble effort to create suspense, dramatically pulled a number, my number, out of a hat.

For added effect, make a feeble attempt at ripping the book in half, open the book and tear a single page out before trying again using the method above.

A feeble attempt to give it a political voice through the Right Cause party was thwarted when Mikhail Prokhorov, a rich oligarch chosen as a supine party leader, tried to assert his independence and was dumped.

Oh sure -- I made a feeble attempt at running up and down the stairs of Esephus when I was in Turkey last May -- but it was really too beautiful to try and train.

Here is my very feeble attempt.

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