Sentence examples for impotent attempt from inspiring English sources

With the second, I put up more of a fight – and by "fight", I mean "circling and circling, in an impotent attempt to tire her out".

With the second, I put up more of a fight and by "fight," I mean "circling and circling, in an impotent attempt to tire her out".

Honorable Mentions: K! Pizzacone, A 2-ply napkin, applied to the surface of a grease-laden slice of pizza, is but an impotent attempt to protect the eater from the colon-crushing, waist-expanding nightmare that is said pizza.

The graffiti, done by Fletcher Dragge of Pennywise no less, is an impotent attempt to recreate the original look of the Church (as seen in the classic punk doc The Decline of Western Civilization).

A two-ply napkin, applied to the surface of a grease-laden slice of pizza, is but an impotent attempt to protect the eater from the colon-crushing, waist-expanding nightmare that is said pizza.

All this is being celebrated by lefties who spent years fuming at Obama's impotent attempts at compromise with a Republican Party that wouldn't give him anything.

The downside that might require downed sorrows and much Irn Bru is that the 56 SNP Mps will be bunched on the Opposition benches for the next five years, and largely impotent in any attempt to defeat Tory policies, budgets or initiatives.

When I think of how impotent I feel in my attempts to help, I wonder what he thinks.

Spain's plan simply was to use the ball to mark Ronaldo, controlling the match through possession in an attempt to render him impotent.

When a stable girl attempts to seduce Alan, he is impotent in the presence of the horses and blinds them in a fit of uncontrolled anger and guilt.

After rendering the Kazan Horde on his eastern flank temporarily impotent by a series of campaigns (1467 69), Ivan attempted to subdue Novgorod and its huge northern empire.