Sentence examples for token attempts from inspiring English sources

But the movie makes only token attempts to acknowledge campus ferment.

During their affair, conducted under the nose of Catherine, the lovers make only token attempts to conceal their passion.

The Pirates made 11 of 32 3-point attempts while making token attempts to get the ball in close.

Even though the milestone passed with little more than token attempts inside China to observe it, the authorities have yet to ease their grip.

Among McCartney biographers, Vincent Benitez writes that the songs are "uneven in quality", and Howard Sounes describes the album as "a curate's egg, good in parts, with token attempts at sounding contemporary".

The Supreme Court had already decided unanimously in 1915 in Mutual Film Corporation v. Industrial Commission of Ohio that free speech did not extend to motion pictures, and while there had been token attempts to clean up the movies before, such as when the studios formed the National Association of the Motion Picture Industry NAMPIin in 1916, little had come of the efforts.

Police and security guards made only a token attempt at bundling out demonstrators.

There isn't even a token attempt to recap on the plot or explain which elf is which.

When Sophie signals her availability to the passive-aggressive Robert, he seizes his opportunity and makes only a token attempt to conceal his infidelity.

A token attempt was made to start one but it was short-circuited by the faintly accusatory way in which the issue was raised.

The last few Emmy have at least made a token attempt to be a bit more subversive, mock the industry they are honouring, and attempt to engage a younger audience.