Sentence examples for shabby attempt from inspiring English sources

This strikes us as a shabby attempt to pervert the pure principle of honesty.

This has nothing to do with 'pest control' - it is a shabby attempt to repeal a successful piece of animal welfare legislation by the back-door".

Brown even sends Fanny a valentine card for reasons that he can scarcely understand himself: a shabby attempt at both seducing and lowering her in Keats's esteem?

"This has nothing to do with pest control – it is a shabby attempt to repeal a successful piece of animal welfare legislation by the back door".

But if proven, that shabby attempt to exploit a legal loophole would damage his reputation irreparably.Until now the main effect of the police investigation has been to feed the public's debilitating cynicism about politics.

The announcement by the outgoing director of public prosecutions, Keir Starmer, that people convicted of benefit fraud can now face up to 10 years in prison represents just one more shabby attempt to link fraud and claiming benefits in the minds of the public.

I do hope he is re-elected, despite all the shabby attempts to defeat him.

That's where this movie was obviously shot, despite shabby attempts to convince audiences that it is set in Milwaukee.

Listen to Argerich nailing Rachmaninov's third concerto or Marin Alsop flinging Brahms' second symphony out to a shell-shocked audience and I dare you even to attempt to justify the shabby, second-class treatment to which female musicians are exposed.

Update: The Lakers probably will play some more zone defense in an attempt to improve their shabby defense.

On Tuesday, to pick one shabby example, he made a thoroughly underhanded attempt to sabotage the repeal of "don't ask, don't tell" when he thought no one was looking.