Sentence examples similar to what a failed attempt from inspiring English sources
Konon said afterward by telephone that what looked like a failed attempt at the pull-down was a first step: yanking out wedges, or temporary braces, that were installed in the section after the beams were compromised.
On Wednesday, the Syrian government was deploying its air force heavily against rebel strongholds in the north of the country and in the Damascus suburbs in what the opposition called a failed attempt to dislodge it from smaller towns it had captured.
That's what this remake of "Mr. Deeds" really is: a failed attempt to reconjure a contrived simple pleasure.
What's more, Republicans have no mandate for reform, and a failed attempt will only set back the cause.
Describes a failed attempt by the three men to reconcile.
It ended up being a failed attempt.
Virgin Energy Shot, a failed attempt to work the Red Bull dollar.
In light of what sounds like yet another failed attempt, it's worth revisiting Scott's piece for his analysis of everything there is to cherish in Dr. Seuss's books: Dr. Seuss's children are not wise, and their purpose is never to rescue adults, but rather to discover the world and themselves.
Similarly, it's hard to see what light is shed on Frederick Douglass's failed attempt to achieve a nonracial identity by the story of how Eshu, passing between two friends with a hat half black and half white on his head, caused them to quarrel over its color.
