Sentence examples for lavish attempt from inspiring English sources

Lavish attempt to recast the bloodbathing countess as a misunderstood herbalist.

"The whole movie is a social experiment on a global scale, an ambitious, lavish attempt to see if audiences will turn out for a comic-book epic that goes beyond darkness into Stygian bleakness, grim paradox, endless betrayals and pervasive corruption.

The Tudor gardens also give you a sense of the Earl of Leicester's lavish attempts to woo Elizabeth I here when she visited for three weeks in 1575, though she may have been put off by the earl's first wife conveniently dying by falling down the stairs 15 years previously.

They may bring you lavish gifts and attempt to sweep you off your feet again.

Middle-league DJs attempted lavish events, like Guy Gerber's Wisdom of the Glove, a night featuring shadow puppetry and a £150,000 metal glove hovering above the dancefloor; he's now downgraded from superclub Pacha to a beachside bar for his new party Rumors.

Manchester City and Manchester United were lavish spenders as they attempted to bridge last season's gap.

56th over: England 139-3 (Trott 29, Anderson 2) need 466 Again Anderson attempts a lavish cut shot, again he misses the ball altogether.

But she did say she felt her coaches' attention was being lavished on Pikus-Pace's attempt to return.

The FTSE 100 retailer has been criticised for its opaque corporate governance and repeated attempts to create lavish bonus schemes for Ashley, who owns 55% of the company and is executive deputy chairman.

Taxay attributed Patterson's lavish praise of Longacre to continued attempts by Leonard to gain the post of chief engraver.

Barnato lavished gifts on her in an attempt to woo her, but his attempts were unsuccessful; nevertheless, the two remained friends until his death in 1897.