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Sentence count:170+23Posted:2017-06-12Updated:2020-07-24
Similar words: attempttemptcontempttemptingtemptationcaveat emptorself-contemptcontemptibleMeaning: [ə'tempt]  adj. tried unsuccessfully. 
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91. He attempted to get in touch with them but without success.
92. The party attempted to assemble its aims into a focussed political project.
93. Brown made a citizen's arrest when a youth attempted to rob an elderly woman.
94. When she had attempted to cut his nails he resisted.
95. Williams faces life in prison if convicted of attempted murder.
96. They attempted to appease international opposition by promising to hold talks.
97. Rebel leaders attempted to string out negotiations to avoid reaching a settlement.
98. Those who attempted to convert the heathen were put to death.
99. Brinkworth's attempted dribble through the Milan defence was stopped by Ponti's tackle.
100. The charges on the indictment include murder and attempted murder.
101. The book goes into recent work in greater detail than I have attempted here.
102. The U.S.A. attempted to dominate over the rest of the world.
102. Sentencedict.com is a online sentence dictionary, on which you can find nice sentences for a large number of words.
103. He attempted to lever the manager out of his position.
104. Seeing that the story had given offence to some people,he attempted to pass it off with a joke.
105. He had attempted to cover his tracks by making her death appear like suicide.
106. I was looking for a backer to assist me in the attempted buy-out.
107. They attempted to wrest control of the town from government forces.
108. Someone had attempted to open the car door.
109. No one has attempted this experiment before.
110. Redmond denied attempted murder but admitted wounding with intent.
111. The report openly admits that this is the most ambitious assessment scheme ever attempted in the world.
112. The first time Cantor attempted to visit him, the narrow aisles were blocked by serving carts.
113. The suspects were held Wednesday on suspicion of attempted murder, attempted burglary and conspiracy.
114. All I care about is solving this murder, I mean this attempted murder.
115. By 1985, when the psychoanalysts attempted to reintroduce masochism, a backlash against feminism, against uppity women, was current.
116. During the suppression of the agrarian unrest of 1830 he attempted, unsuccessfully, to improve the wages of labourers around Dorchester.
117. He picked up the ball 25 yards out and attempted to chip Royce.
118. Even more foolishly, the besotted adolescent attempted to extend the relationship, and chased Byron to Geneva.
119. I then attempted to assess how much advantage accrued from each such possible use.
120. Hongkong Land acquired a 14.9% stake in Trafalgar House and then attempted, but failed, to push its holding to 29.9%.
More similar words: attempttemptcontempttemptingtemptationcaveat emptorself-contemptcontemptiblecontemptuouscontemptuouslycontempt of courthot temperhot-temperedshort-temperedcontemplatedambient temperatureFamiliarity breeds contemptumpteenumpteenthseptemberemptyemptorexemptadoptedadaptedpreemptpre-emptemptilyunkemptaccepted
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