Sentence examples for were attempts to from inspiring English sources

There were attempts to build speaking machines as well.

Evidence shows there were attempts to break down the door.

Their albums were attempts to empathize with people.

But these were attempts to make sense of decisions retrospectively.

There were attempts to coax him back to work.

Throughout her career there were attempts to portray her as a Westernized woman of questionable character.

In subsequent years there were attempts to replicate the Woodstock of August '69, Wolman says.

There were attempts to put the movie together before Gibney came to it.

Takes 96, 97, and 98 were attempts to fix the squeaky-pedal bits.

Even so, there were attempts to avoid leaving a paper trail.

Both, broadly, were attempts to tie down Europe's giant and help prevent another war.