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How to use attempt in a sentence

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This captures the very earliest stages of fall in a way few games even attempt, blending serotinal greens with the slow incursion of rusty reds.
The protest was staged as a deliberate attempt to embarrass the government.
The new advertising campaign is an attempt to allay the public's concerns about the safety of the company's products.
The new curriculum is an attempt to homogenize education throughout the county.
My attempt to carve the turkey was a source of great hilarity at the dinner table.
The editorial was a blatant attempt to manipulate public opinion.
It would be highly inadvisable to attempt to do this ourselves.
Progressive taxes attempt to reduce the tax burden of people with a lower ability to pay.
He made a salutation, or, to speak nearer the truth, an ill-defined, abortive attempt at curtsy.
Con committees attempt to get public money rather than be funded out of the congoer's pocket.
Her clumsy attempt to cut the cake was the cause of much mirth.
He failed in his first attempt but succeeded in his second attempt.
The treaty is the latest attempt to resolve the ten-year conflagration.
He's been working three jobs in an attempt to get out of debt.
Bombing represented a sincere, albeit mistaken, attempt to bring about Germany's military defeat.
A first attempt to explore western South America was undertaken in 1522 by Pascual de Andagoya.
In 1608, Henry Hudson made a second attempt, trying to go across the top of Russia.
Between 1575 and 1587 Medici porcelain from Florence was the first successful attempt to imitate Chinese porcelain.
Governments can sometimes attempt to use Private Members' Bills to pass things it would rather not be associated with.
When found, the vehicle was stuck, high-centred as an apparent attempt had been made to drive it through a creek bed.
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