Sentence examples for stopped an attempt from inspiring English sources

The police stopped an attempt by relatives to circulate a petition for his release (more than 100 people signed it before the police seized it, she says).

Martin Brodeur stopped an attempt by Ales Kotalik with a poke-check to start the shootout, then denied Tim Connolly and Thomas Vanek to seal the victory.

Two years ago, the judges stopped an attempt to hold a referendum on an amendment to the state constitution to block implementation of the president's health care reforms, saying that the wording was confusing.

When the relevant fluid deficit threshold has been reached and the procedure stopped, an attempt at estimating the intravascular component of the fluid loss can be made.

"For the first time since independence, the Ministry of the Interior has stopped an attempt to threaten the constitutional order — the undemocratic seizure of power," he said at the weekend.

Davis stopped an attempted kidnapping of Myla on Saturday night, and then chased the suspect through the streets of Chicago.

They recently stopped an attempted purchase of gas at 3 a.m. in a gang-infested neighborhood of Los Angeles because, as they euphemistically put it, it "was outside our normal purchasing habits".

Hnilicka had lost sight of the puck after stopping an attempt by Bret Hedican from a sharp angle.

"One call one day may be the one that stops an attempt to destroy the Brooklyn Bridge".

Their first assignment is a sci-fi classic: stop an attempt to take over their city with an army of rats.

Germany received most of the blame for stopping an attempt to fuse BAE of Britain with European Aeronautic Defense & Space, or EADS.