"attempt" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- She later returned to Scotland in an attempt to have her husband cleared of all charges laid against him.
- No doubt the dead man had returned in an unsuccessful attempt to save his friend from a similar fate.
- Eileen throws him out of the house, however, he returns in an attempt to reconcile with her.
- In 1952, her husband returned to India in an attempt to find film work through family connections.
- They returned to Athens in an attempt to organize a new anarchist group without meeting any success.
- Lafayette escaped but returned in a vain attempt to rescue his horse.
- They returned to the United States in an attempt to garner success, but failed.
- Archie returned in an attempt to win Peggy back.
- Waters returned to the High Court in an attempt to gain a veto over further use of the band's name.
- The two men kept returning in an attempt to get her to admit that she was lying.
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