Sentence examples for were attempting to return from inspiring English sources

The four were attempting to return to Turkey from a conflict zone in Syria under Isis control, it said.

He also theorized that sleepwalkers were attempting to return to the area where they used to sleep as a child.

He also theorised that sleepwalkers were attempting to return to the area where they used to sleep as a child.

Near the area where Bernetz Brook enters the La Chute, Captain Trépezet and his troop, who were attempting to return to the French lines, encountered Phineas Lyman's Connecticut regiment, sparking a skirmish in the woods.

"It's terrible," said Laura Ombre, who was attempting to return to her native Netherlands with husband Rob.

She turned down an offer of $2,000 a month from the Russian government and has been attempting to return to her native Peru.

A 16-year veteran, Pettitte is attempting to return after retiring in 2010, when he went 11-3 and compiled a 3.28 earned run average.

Johnson had been attempting to return from a season-ending injury last year in which he tore ligaments in his left knee in the opening game of the season.

Complicating relief efforts, tidal waves and flooding have uprooted land mines in a country wracked by war, threatening to kill or maim aid workers and survivors who are attempting to return to what's left of their homes.

The comic appears to be attempting to return to the edgier style of humour that made his name with Brett Ratner's new film Tower Heist, and financial returns for his recent films may indicate why.

Santana is attempting to return as a starter for the Mets after a year-and-a-half-long recovery from surgery to repair a torn capsule in his left shoulder.