Sentence examples for think of attempting from inspiring English sources

Before she could even think of attempting fiction, she went on a "very long and intentional" programme of reading, around the Origin of Species, the Decline of the West and the history of political thought.

If this is indeed the case, Netanyahu can't continue the settlement freeze without toppling the government, then how can he even think of attempting to dismantle an illegal outpost deep in the heart of Samaria?

As he reacts to the pedestrian foot traffic on the video, you can't help but think of Robocop attempting tai chi.

Using every trick they could think of, including attempting to muscle the NY and Regional Branches of SAG into line, they belittled and trash-talked AFTRA, pressing it to knuckle under.

Hansen insists that the dealers will do nothing to jeopardise the survival of Christiania, but when I asked her what the dealers thought of attempts by some in the commune to reach a compromise with the government, she replied: 'It's better not to lay down before you get shot.' Britta Lillesoee looks like one might expect someone to look who has lived for three decades on a commune.

"We ask that since many of them missed the opportunity to come to Wisconsin during the recent battles over collective bargaining for state employees and the recall elections, they come to Wisconsin now to talk to true Wisconsin conservatives to find out what they think of Neumann before attempting to foist their choice upon Wisconsin".

And what do you think of this attempt to 'reclaim' the word "slut"?

When you think of the attempt by the British battalion in the Spanish civil war to defend a place they called "Suicide Hill", with the loss of 225 out of 600 men, do you see this as an act of terror – a suicide mission motivated by an extreme ideology – or as a valiant attempt to resist a terror campaign?

What do you think of that attempt?

think of an attempt to follow the path in sand created by your own footsteps … you cannot follow a path created by your own footsteps.

In a recent paper on deciding, Jenann Ismael offers an apt metaphor [ 2012: 160]: think of an attempt to follow the path in sand created by your own footsteps … you cannot follow a path created by your own footsteps.