Sentence examples for try to cobble together from inspiring English sources

It is better to act while things are quiet than to try to cobble together a new structure in a crisis.

I can't make out his name amid the roar of the motor, but he speaks a little French so we try to cobble together a conversation.

The recordings, they wrote, show the government "decided to use large cash offers to try to cobble together a 'conspiracy' where none existed".

The greatest interest is sparked by the arrival in Israel of Secretary of State Colin Powell, sent to try to cobble together a cease-fire.

One of his main efforts has been to try to cobble together trading blocs of emerging nations, attempting to find strength in numbers.

Mr. Kaczynski told a news conference that he would try to cobble together another majority in Parliament but also said a snap election was possible.

Ms. Merolla said that county leaders first tried to cobble together the money.

My abuela was sitting there, forlorn, trying to cobble together the right words, and I could not move or breathe.

We tried to cobble together a 35% coalition of our core vote, disaffected Lib Dems, Greens and Ukip supporters.

But they are also trying to cobble together trophy homes in buildings that never had them in the first place.

North Korea analysts can hardly be blamed for trying to cobble together whatever scraps of information they can find.