Sentence examples for universal tried from inspiring English sources

How many times Universal tried to turn my mic off?

The executives at Universal tried to extort Disney and Iwerks by holding one of their creations hostage.

In some cases, the documents say, Universal tried to disguise payoffs to programmers as gifts to radio contest winners.

He laughed as he told us that Universal tried to promote the western by combining it with his biker persona.

The writer describes how fans were outraged when Universal tried to do marketing tie-ins for the movie with McDonald's and Burger King.

Universal tried a new take on Snow White, with 2012's Snow White and the Huntsman, which earned a respectable $400m, but the following year, Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters and Jack the Giant Slayer (director Bryan Singer's take on Jack and the Beanstalk) both turned out to be turkeys.

They plead that they are so powerless that even getting much larger would not give them anything approaching the clout to curb competition in the music market.Lucian Grainge, the head of Universal, tries to square this circle.

Handsome executive compensation packages are increasingly under scrutiny as media companies, including NBCUniversal, try to wrangle a new contract with the Writers Guild of America to avoid a devastating strike.

Join us next weekend when Universal tries desperately to convince you that James Cameron directed the underwater 3D thriller Sanctum (he's one of nine producers) and Sony tries to convince you that The Roommate is totally different from Single White Female.

Whatever the cause, the problem is universal: Try as you might, the combination of your short arms and a 50 SPF is no match for the sun's harsh rays... until now.

The question that realists and nominalists about universals try to answer is: What makes F-things F (where "F" is a sparse property predicate)?