Similar words: attempt, tempt, contempt, tempting, temptation, caveat emptor, self-contempt, contemptible. Meaning: [ə'tempt] 
adj. tried unsuccessfully.
adj. tried unsuccessfully. 
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1. Something attempted, something done.
2. She unsuccessfully attempted to assume the mantle of presidency.
3. He was imprisoned in 1965 for attempted murder.
4. I attempted to scribble down the names.
5. They attempted to finish the task before June.
6. He had attempted to rescue the drowning man.
7. We attempted to manoeuvre the canoe closer to him.
8. He attempted the exam but failed.
9. He attempted a joke, but no one laughed.
10. They attempted to rationalize the new working method.
11. A policewoman attempted to mollify her.
12. They attempted the almost impossible thing.
13. Her own boat capsized after she attempted a rescue.
14. The rebellious troops attempted to subvert the present government.
15. The prisoners attempted an escape/to escape,[Sentencedict] but failed.
16. They attempted to break the blockade by using submarines.
17. Some feminists had attempted to politicize personal life.
18. The only time that we attempted to do something like that was in the city of Philadelphia.
19. She has been charged with the attempted murder of her husband.
20. There was a suspicion that this runner attempted to avoid the procedures for dope testing.
21. He has attempted to find a peaceful solution to the Ossetian conflict.
22. He was convicted of attempted rape .
23. He pleaded guilty to attempted murder.
24. The teenagers were jointly charged with attempted murder.
25. He attempted to return downwind to the airfield.
26. A small crowd attempted to pull down a statue.
27. He was charged with attempted exportation of illegal drugs.
28. Graham attempted to quash rumours of growing discontent.
29. The army played a leading role in organizing the attempted coup.
30. The three accused, aged between 19 and 20, are charged with attempted murder.
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