Sentence examples for in an attempt to execute from inspiring English sources

He resigned from the army in 1923 in an attempt to execute his own master plan devised to extract intelligence from Japan in event of a war.

Obviously a lot of different things have happened inside the Republican Party in the last four years, but to some extent you can see the G.O.P.'s anti-Obama, post-2008 strategy as an attempt to execute the first approach.

The match started off with Cena trying to lift Jericho on his shoulders in an early attempt to execute his finishing maneuver called the FU, only to have Jericho escape and perform his maneuver a double knee to the face and chest area called the Codebreaker.

While some members of Congress have indicated their interest in reviewing the closure plan, not a single lawmaker has said that he or she would assist the administration in its attempt to execute the proposal.

They could eventually clear the way for a fourth attempt to execute him.

After the failure of a 20-minute attempt to execute him, Clayton Lockett was left to die of a heart attack in the execution chamber at the Oklahoma state penitentiary in McAlester.

Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr.'s decision, announced Thursday, marks the first time the Obama administration will attempt to execute an accused terrorist in a federal court case.

BOSTON — The game and possibly the season for the Magic unraveled in an incriminating few minutes Tuesday night, when Orlando's attempt to execute its offense turned into an excruciating indictment.

It is quite another to do so and also attempt to execute a double back flip or a front flip.

Fallin, who ordered the state's investigation, said in a monthly column published on Monday that the attempt to execute Lockett "took too long", but that he nevertheless "had his day in court".

PS -- In case anyone is a maniacal literalist, please do not actually attempt to execute any adulterers or anyone else.