Sentence examples for stubborn attempt from inspiring English sources
Now named "Farmer Du Wenda's Flying Saucer", the farmer's stubborn attempt to jump from feudal culture to outer space is seen by the artists as a symbol of China's leap into modernity".What makes the UFO project different", explains Cai Guo-Qiang, the curator of the Chinese pavilion, is a desire to enter into dialogue with the rest of the world, rather than remain isolated.
Of course, we're far more evolved these days, typing on our flat screens, but every few years, another product hits the market, in a stubborn attempt to recapture that magic.
Alfaro's overthrow, like that of García Moreno, was brought about by his stubborn attempts to perpetuate himself in office.
Hope lies instead in stubborn attempts — human and non-human alike — to find better ways to live on this planet, absurd and doomed as they may sometimes seem.
But Ernest Clayton, president of the United Parents Associations of New York City, said that parents appreciated Mr. Levy's stubborn attempts to secure more school aid.
Some view the recent fights in the Indian courts as a sign of Big Pharma's growing desperation; stubborn attempts to cling to old business models rather than face the truth of spiralling R&D costs.
Arax and Wartzman strive for evenhandedness but acknowledge the costs of Big Ag — such as evaporation ponds with selenium levels so high that ducks are born with corkscrewed beaks and no eyes, and the recurrent "hundred-year floods," stubborn attempts by the old lake to reassert itself.
But stubborn attempts to pound the square Tebow peg into the round hole of classic drop-back quarterbacking crowded out any opportunities for using his unique skills to best succeed in the NFL.
"Lost in La Mancha," directed by Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe, tells of Mr. Gilliam's stubborn, but ultimately futile attempt to film an adaptation of "Don Quixote" starring Johnny Depp and the French actor Jean Rochefort.
Sometimes grime or stuck-on dirt is stubborn and requires several attempts to remove it.
So why attempt to convert stubborn minds?
