Sentence examples for tough attempt from inspiring English sources

Collins made a tough attempt to get the G.O.P. out of the situation it had put itself in, but it is hardly the Party of people like her these days — moderate northeasterners of either gender.

So when corruption investigations were opened into state-owned PetroChina in August, experts saw not only a tough attempt to rein in a powerful vested interest group but also an attack on proteges of former security chief Zhou Yongkang, who had crossed Xi during a factional power struggle last year.

In launching his first ad of the election season, Meek unloaded a tough attack in his attempt to expose "the real Jeff Grene".

Tough walkers attempt the volcanic finger-like picos.

No job, no money, no happy ever after with that handsome chef, a ridiculously long and unfruitful (ah, to the untrained eye, but wow was that training tough) Ph.D. attempt, with a head stuffed full of cotton candy dreams of art and ocean, trying to call myself an artist.

Trout's southpaw style gave Cotto trouble throughout, as Cotto had a tough time attempting to square up the champion and attack him with any consistency.

She dodged, then grabbed his wrist and twisted his arm with such force that he let out a high-pitched cry: "Wayyo Allah!" The crowd gasped as the tough guy attempted to extricate himself from Abeeba's grip.

While that bill is already law and a rollback would be tough, other attempts at an end-run around it are likely, especially if the Senate also switches hands.

He served as Clinton's ambassador to the UN, and at the start of Obama's stint in the White House was called upon for another typically tough assignment – attempting to hold together the disintegrating political situation in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Strasmore knows from hard-won experience that life after the NFL is tough, so attempting to convince lionised players who luxuriate in bling to consider their affairs soberly in preparation for retirement seems like a moral imperative.

This process gets even more tough while attempting to build a startup in South Asia, especially in a country such as Bangladesh, which is perennially facing political chaos and economic instability.