Sentence examples for subtle attempt from inspiring English sources

Or then again, it could be a subtle attempt to inflict death by debating.

But Ms. McGuane bristled when asked if this was actually a more subtle attempt to build a database of addresses.

This is widely seen as a not very subtle attempt to get consumers to buy expensive Memory Stick cards from Sony.

In what sounded like a subtle attempt to distance himself from Mr. Clinton, he promised, "I will never let you down".

In Mr. Silver's view, the governor had invited Mr. Simmons into the meeting in a subtle attempt to persuade him it was the Assembly Democrats who were blocking a compromise, not the governor or the Republicans in the Senate.

What Mr. Nusseibeh insisted had been intended as an innocent gathering was, to the Israeli government, a subtle attempt by an appointee of Yasir Arafat to challenge Israel's sovereignty over the entire city.

But more subtle attempts to bribe voters are proliferating.

The center will make subtle attempts to attract local visitors, said David Barber, co-owner of Blue Hill.

Despite such abuses, Sirwan is most worried about more subtle attempts to marginalise the Kurds.

Levine's book is one of the most appealing and subtle attempts to bridge biology and the humanities.

The slaveholding class existed in a state of constant paranoia about slave rebellions, escapes, and a litany of more subtle attempts to undermine the institution.