Sentence examples for straight attempt from inspiring English sources

"Not perfect, but you've got to learn to do it somehow," Josh Harris, a Coast Guard aircraft mechanic, said as he stood surveying his first and not entirely straight attempt at towing in an aircraft.

While I'm not sure if he's since extended the streak, Connor Shaw had completed 19 straight attempts midway through the third quarter.

After drilling a 3-pointer to put the Knicks ahead, 25-15, Johnson blocked two straight attempts by Jamison on the left block.

They have not allowed a power-play goal in 26 straight attempts, stretching back to Dan Girardi's goal in Game 5 of their second-round victory over the Rangers.

If there's anything more embarrassing than shooting into your own basket, it's missing that shot on four straight attempts.

Kim (3-1) blew his second straight save attempt, two days after giving up two homers against the Astros.

There was a frightful thrashing by Rafael Nadal in Federer's third straight failed attempt to win the final on the Paris red clay.

Perhaps my leg tensed and signaled a change because he'd retract his hand as if an electrical charge had traveled from me to him, sit up straight and attempt to answer the teacher's question.

The husband randomly and without solicitation asked his wife, "Was that a man or a woman?" She looked confused and said, "Who?" My ears perked up and I found myself witnessing a cis straight couple attempt to dissect the gender identity of a person who they did not know, saw twenty-four hours previously, and would never see again.

He missed seven straight pass attempts and threw only three times in the second half.

But straight replication attempts are often exactly what is required, especially when dealing with controversial claims.