Sentence examples for ill-conceived attempt from inspiring English sources

She called the remarks part of an ill-conceived attempt to please various government constituencies.

Compton, who represents Erdington on Birmingham city council, apologised after his release on bail and said: "It was an ill-conceived attempt at humour.

Although the Justice Department lawsuit was an ill-conceived attempt to achieve through litigation what couldn't be achieved through legislation, the impulse that drove it remains potent.

In a statement tonight, the Justice Department said Microsoft's filing with the Court of Appeals was "an ill-conceived attempt to end-run the Expediting Act".

"I need to apologize to everyone in Westport for my ill-conceived attempt to bring attention to the pressing need for serious gun and ammunition control," she wrote.

The King needed advice and support in handling a Scottish revolt precipitated by an ill-conceived attempt to enforce episcopacy on the Scots.

France has failed in its ill-conceived attempts to draw Damascus away from Tehran.

The bestselling writer, hosting the National Book Awards in the US on Wednesday, made what he initially described as "ill-conceived attempts at humour" when presenting black American writer Jacqueline Woodson with the prize for young people's literature for Brown Girl Dreaming.

Accusations of arrogance abound but the naturally reserved Froch is guiltier of ill-conceived attempts to sell himself and belatedly garner the praise he craved than any genuine deep-seated pretension.

"My job at last night's National Book Awards #NBAwards was to shine a light on tremendous writers, including Jacqueline Woodson and not to overshadow their achievements with my own ill-conceived attempts at humor.

There have been ill-conceived attempts in various states, including California, to require special labels on genetically modified food.