Sentence examples for tried to violate from inspiring English sources

As he was taking her home, the Centaur Nessus tried to violate her, and Heracles shot him with one of his poisoned arrows.

The central African nation of Chad, which had tried to violate its agreement with the World Bank to dedicate most of the revenues from a bank-supported oil pipeline to poverty reduction, reached an interim deal with the bank yesterday that would give the bank and Chad three months to reach a final settlement, a bank official said.

And there Nessus, it is said, who had been appointed ferryman, was killed by Heracles because he tried to violate Deïaneira when he was ferrying her across the river.

"She never tried to invade anyone's privacy and never tried to violate any laws," he said.

"She never tried to invade anyone's privacy and never tried to violate any laws".

Just to provide a taste--Comcast opposes Net Neutrality, and has already tried to violate it on its own.

Albert Einstein admired them, "Saturday Night Live" spoofed them and crank inventors try to violate them.

He probably will be stopped if he tries to violate the Constitution.

"No one thinks D.O.J. and other investigative agencies are sitting there twisting their mustache trying to violate civil liberties.

"Our message is clear: quiet will lead to quiet," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel told an audience in Jerusalem, adding, "Anyone who violates it, or even tries to violate it, will be in our sights".

When she had asked one of the unions if it had a minority roster, she had been warned against trying to violate seniority rules.