"attempt" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- In lowering the rating, Moody's said Mr. Dinkins had made a "credible attempt" in January to deal with the budget problems.
- Rap smiled, for that had been a credible attempt at impish, although spoken with a heavy goblin accent.
- The program he announced last night is a credible attempt to meet both challenges.
- Moody's Cites 'Uncertainties' Moody's Investor's Service lowered its rating of city bonds one notch last week, even though it found a preliminary city budget a "credible attempt to close substantial gaps."
- And the tomato and mozzarella salad, while not made with Jersey tomatoes in January, is a credible attempt made better with fresh cheese, grilled artichoke, alfalfa sprouts and cucumber.
- Without cynicism, you might say this is a credible attempt to show how an artist - Dvorak or the cellist Jan Vogler - explores and grapples with a piece in progress.
- That adjective also describes the dancing of the members of the ensemble, all of whom made credible attempts to look correct.
- This theory is a very credible attempt to incorporate all known cosmological data at the time, and indicates the sophistication of Classical Greek thinking.
- The first credible attempts at ignition were initially scheduled for 2010, but ignition was not achieved as of September 30, 2012.
- This is the challenge demanded of a credible attempt to combat climate change but also a true revolution in manufacturing methods.
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