"attempt" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- In a presidential election year, Mr. Akins said, a military strike could be seen as a crass attempt to garner votes for an economically beleaguered Administration.
- To many, weighing in at that moment seemed a crass attempt to push the talks toward a conclusion favoring the Palestinians.
- "This is not a crass attempt to get people to buy gizmos they don't need," he said in an interview.
- This is at first glance a very crass attempt to cash in on America's love affair with the Mafia myth.
- There are a few chuckles initially, especially watching Mahmut's awful, crass attempts to pick up women, and his obsession with pornographic movies.
- "It's a crass attempt to embrace the values and principles of the Democratic Party," said Lisa Cutler, a spokeswoman for Mrs. Kennelly's campaign.
- And no one of breeding would print a telephone number on a business card; this seemed a crass attempt to make the acquaintance of strangers.
- - Miliband has accused Cameron of engaging in a "crass" attempt to silence members of the armed forces.
- The opening of Council meetings, despite the crass attempts by the new British Foreign Secretary to preserve secrecy, is a step in the right direction.
- "It's a blatantly crass attempt by the State's Attorney of Cook County to garner publicity against a politician of the opposite party."
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