Sentence examples for tried to enforce from inspiring English sources

On the second day, law enforcement authorities tried to enforce a curfew on the plaza.

The army tried to enforce a night-time curfew.

He has increased school spending and tried to enforce standards.

We have tried to enforce an "only in the last two rows" rule.

Hamas has tried to enforce a de facto ceasefire since last year's war.

Valentine indicated he would protest every time umpires tried to enforce the rule on Komiyama.

It tried to enforce U.N. resolutions and put the mantle of authority on its own shoulders.

Throughout the 1990s militants tried to enforce moral rectitude, bullying local women, for example, into wearing burqas.

The only rule of behavior Dick ever tried to enforce was "No fights outside in the street.

The Arizona bill, for instance, would make it a felony for anyone who tried to enforce federal commerce laws.

Broadcasters, meanwhile, argued for self-regulation, even while promising to still do what the F.C.C. has tried to enforce.