Sentence examples for initial attempt at from inspiring English sources

Anya snubs his initial attempt at conversation.

But his initial attempt at recovery did not last.

Algeria's initial attempt at multiparty elections in December 1991 ended in disaster.

My conviction had been strengthened by my initial attempt at running, not long before I turned 30.

Mr. McLeod told a frustrated student about his initial attempt at the standing-block chop, which simulates felling a tree.

After studies at the University of Wisconsin and an initial attempt at becoming a painter, Hansberry moved to New York to begin a career as a writer.

Dir: Vasily Zhuravlev Initial attempts at a moon landing end in failure.

Ironically, struggling black artists' initial attempts at blackface were not considered authentic by whites.

Although initial attempts at mediation failed, it is possible the sides could try again.

Kessler characterized Rodriguez's text messages as increasingly hostile after initial attempts at reconciliation.

Her initial attempts at fiction were rejected, but in 1990 she published "Postmortem," her first Scarpetta book.