Sentence examples for force attempted from inspiring English sources

In the opening example, the sales force attempted to articulate the real problem of misaligned goals to management.

The intention of the Constitution, that each branch should be independent of the others, is further manifested by the means it has furnished to each to protect itself from enterprises of force attempted on them by the others, and to none has it given more effectual or diversified means than to the executive.

Yates appeared before MPs as Britain's biggest police force attempted to salvage its reputation after it emerged it missed numerous allegedly criminal acts of phone hacking by the News of the World, and that some of its officers allegedly sold information to the paper, which facilitated the hacking of the royal family.

The Royalist force attempted to join up with Montrose in Scotland.

Elements of the army and air force attempted a coup d'etat.

With the detainees loaded on trucks, the ground convoy force attempted to reach the first crash site.

("Each social force attempts to secure its objectives through the resources and tactics in which it is strongest").

The impossible Boudu turns out to be an anarchic and dismaying force, attempting to seduce the housemaid with whom the bookseller is pursuing his own genteel affair.

Opponents of the bill were out in force, attempting to defeat or change it.

Any force attempting to climb the hill will be easily cut down by machine-gun fire and mortar rounds.

In the scenario, a 'Blue' force defended the East Coast of the United States against a 'Red' force attempting an amphibious landing.