"attempt" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

attempt sustantivo

sustantivo + attempt
Kolokacji: 63
assassination attempt • suicide attempt • coup attempt • escape attempt • takeover attempt • rescue attempt • pass attempt • ...
attempt + verbo
Kolokacji: 62
attempt fails • attempt results • attempt proves • attempt ends • attempt makes • attempt leads • attempt comes • attempt takes • ...
verbo + attempt
Kolokacji: 124
resist attempts • oppose attempts • fail in one's attempt • follow one's attempts • represent an attempt • lead an attempt • ...
adjetivo + attempt
Kolokacji: 276
unsuccessful attempt • desperate attempt • early attempt • failed attempt • field-goal attempt • previous attempt • futile attempt • ...
preposición + attempt
Kolokacji: 27
despite attempts • against attempts • on one's attempt • about one's attempt • following an attempt • ...
  • But it was clear that he felt defeated by his initial attempt.
  • "Tiny little things just grow, mostly by our attempts to stop them," he said.
  • Why are some Americans put off by attempts to encourage more energy efficiency in their homes?
  • But by its third and fourth attempts, it was down to taking just a few yards of line with each runoff.
  • Still, he didn't feel reassured by his attempt at logic.
  • I am much less convinced by her attempts to show that science itself is often hijacked in this way.
  • And even where he fails to effect a reversal of sentence by his first attempt, there is still hope left for him.
  • The move comes as many businesses grow frustrated by unsuccessful attempts to hold down medical costs.
  • He seemed to have been discomfited by his own awkward attempt to get tough.
  • It may be made worse by attempts at precise, coordinated movements.

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