"attempt" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Afterwards, he shot both police officers in an attempt to cover up the rape, robbery, and theft of the car.
- During the landing of the fish, Hemingway used a Thompson machine gun to shoot the sharks in an attempt to ward them off.
- During fights with sand creatures, she will also shoot arrows in an attempt to assist the player.
- In an act of desperation, lacking money and food, he shoots his geese in an attempt to provide dinner.
- She was shot in an attempt to prevent the information from leaking, and was put into a coma.
- Official declarations later claimed he had been shot in an attempt to escape.
- He was found to have shot himself in an attempt to play Russian roulette.
- Women and children attempting to buy food were frequently shot at by Bosnian Serb snipers in an attempt to create terror.
- General Lekhanya said he shot the man in an attempt to rescue a woman in distress.
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