Sentence examples for poor attempts from inspiring English sources

On that show, the band make poor attempts to put aside past grievances and stage a comeback.

Then came a disastrous performance in the shot put – two poor attempts threatening to destroy her lead.

Worst Actor: Jointly to Nick Nolte and Ed Harris, for very poor attempts at the traditional 'never mind' face when they lost out as Best Actor.

He appears to have recovered from a scarring experience and takes pleasure from his performance in qualifying when, after two poor attempts, he secured his place in the final with an impressive last throw.

We'd stop for lunch, then move on again, reaching our night stop by late afternoon in time for yet more friendly encounters and shamefully poor attempts at beating small children at cricket.

There are several moments of attempted updates to the premise (including extremely poor attempts to integrate a disjointed group of operatives into the global security apparatus), but MacGyver remains steadfastly traditional in its revolting attitude toward women, first appearing to fridge a character before turning her into the demonic embodiment of womanly charms.

"We told the students involved that the signs were a poor attempt at humor".

The leaks are a poor attempt to discredit these athletes and do not show any wrong doing.

"Clearly I used a stupid analogy in a poor attempt at humour," Russell said in a statement.

The Rangers player actually made a poor attempt at exploiting the position, sending a feeble shot straight at Buffon.

He said the message was a "poor attempt at humor" while making fun of his friend's apparel.