attempt at in English

1. An attempt at humour, I suppose?

2. 16 Brown's attempt at servile insurrection.

3. Further attempt at concealment was useless.

4. His attempt at a joke misfired.

5. An earnest attempt at the Wilde life.

6. He made a misplaced attempt at reconciliation.

7. She ignored his feeble attempt at humour.

8. China's attempt at admission to gatt fail.

9. 6 His attempt at a joke misfired.

10. She made a desultory attempt at conversation.

11. My first attempt at English composition was poor.

12. 10 She ignored his feeble attempt at humour.

13. That's a crummy attempt at a French accent.

14. Caroline made a faint attempt at a laugh.

15. This is man’s first attempt at flying underwater.

16. 18 She made a desultory attempt at conversation.

17. This poem is her first attempt at rhyme.

18. He made a feeble attempt at a smile.

19. My first attempt at a chocolate cake tasted horrible.

20. We botched our first attempt at wallpapering the bathroom.

21. She wore dark glasses in an absurd attempt at disguise.

22. 29 We had to abandon any further attempt at negotiation.

23. 11 We botched our first attempt at wallpapering the bathroom.

24. Religion is part of the human make-up. It's also part of our cultural and intellectual history. Religion was our first attempt at literature, the texts, our first attempt at cosmology, making sense of where we are in the universe, our first attempt at health care, believing in faith healing, our first attempt at philosophy. Christopher Hitchens 

25. Fegelein's attempt at desertion made Hitler immediately suspicious of Himmler.

26. I just call it a sad attempt at Black Metal.

27. His attempt at a villainous laugh was actually rather scary.

28. Here's a better attempt at a caption for the same picture.

29. Another attempt at misdirection was foiled by an alert mail carrier.

30. 4) A weak-minded attempt at school caused him to fail.

31. This was the first attempt at dividing Belgium along linguistic lines.

32. The very architecture of the building rebuffs any attempt at hoopla.

33. Walsh recognizes that fans will despise any attempt at a remake.

34. CustomerQ 0 is Quintus' first attempt at a shrink-wrapped package.

35. CustomerQ 2.0 is Quintus' first attempt at a shrink-wrapped package.

36. 8 Religion is part of the human make-up. It's also part of our cultural and intellectual history. Religion was our first attempt at literature, the texts, our first attempt at cosmology, making sense of where we are in the universe, our first attempt at health care, believing in faith healing, our first attempt at philosophy. Christopher Hitchens 

37. 17 Religion is part of the human make-up. It's also part of our cultural and intellectual history. Religion was our first attempt at literature, the texts, our first attempt at cosmology, making sense of where we are in the universe, our first attempt at health care, believing in faith healing, our first attempt at philosophy. Christopher Hitchens 

38. Ten days earlier the group had made its first attempt at proselytising.

39. On his one attempt at a long throw, he overthrew James Jett.

40. My second attempt at making flaky pastry was a bit more successful.

41. The patient suffered a cardiac arrest and died, despite an attempt at resuscitation.

42. His attempt at a dignified resignation had turned into a three-ring circus.

43. Democritus’ atomism represents a cogent attempt at unifying the thought of earlier philosophers.

44. He made no attempt at any civility, and left Elizabeth to do the talking.

45. This week, be ready for irritating news and yet another fruitless attempt at communication.

46. Respecting it, Sir Leonard Woolley wrote: “There had been no attempt at town-planning . . .

47. But agile he isn't; witness this rather half-hearted attempt at the long jump.

48. The boy jiggered up the machinery in his first attempt at fixing the clock.

49. This was perhaps the first attempt at a reverential realisation of India as our motherland.

50. In response, Parliament enacted the 1882 Act, which was an early attempt at consumer protection.