Sentence examples for made attempts at from inspiring English sources

The opposition has already made attempts at coordination.

Throughout the night, Bono made attempts at inspiration and conversion.

Throughout a recent concert at the Meadowlands, Bono made attempts at inspiration and conversion.

In the years after the filming, she had a breakdown, made attempts at suicide and fell into drug addiction.

Given such complexity, it is natural that throughout Christian history both those in the tradition and those surrounding it have made attempts at simplification.

Both the Clinton and Bush administrations made attempts at privatization, but they were held up by political concerns, including union opposition and that slow-moving bureaucracy.

On Friday, Irvin's lawyer called the accusation a falsely made attempt at "civil extortion".

To Carter's credit, his Administration did make attempts at tax reform.

This shows up very prominently in the news from time to time when people make attempts at human gene therapy.

The report concluded that the department was making attempts at progress but needed a far greater effort against entrenched abuses.

The opposition posed by a countermovement may have the same effect, making attempts at persuasion difficult and dangerous and causing a nonviolent, noncoercive movement to use force.