"attempt" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

attempt verbo

attempt + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 27
attempt suicide • attempt a comeback • attempt an escape • attempt a thing • attempt murder • ...
verbo + attempt
Kolokacji: 9
decide to attempt • go to attempt • die attempting • begin attempting • caught attempting • ...
attempt + preposición
Kolokacji: 21
attempt to • attempt at • attempt in • attempt with • attempt on • ...
attempt + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 46
unsuccessfully attempt • later attempt • initially attempt • repeatedly attempt • once attempt • ...
(3) repeatedly, continually
Kolokacji: 2
(4) merely, simply
Kolokacji: 2
(6) frequently, occasionally
Kolokacji: 2
1. illegally attempt = nielegalnie próba illegally attempt
2. foolishly attempt = głupio próba foolishly attempt
3. evidently attempt = wyraźnie próba evidently attempt
  • On some were affixed miniatures, rudely executed, but evidently attempts at likenesses of the deceased.
  • Whatever the thing was, it was evidently attempting to gain entrance without awakening her.
  • Quark could easily see a fierce anger in her eyes, an emotion she was evidently attempting to hold in check.
  • Morgas emerged from the castle and made passes at us with his long fingers, evidently attempting to hypnotize us; but he remained close to the doorway.
  • When that failed, she evidently attempted to recover money donated towards the day care center; she then became trapped, and was overcome by dense smoke.
  • Bernini is evidently attempting to render something quite transcendental and something which had never been attempted by a sculptor before that date.
  • After six minutes "Viva" begins without warning; the band evidently attempting to surprise the audience.
  • On the floor below, he could hear Burks' thunderous voice as he evidently attempted to locate the runaway elevator and its unconscious cargo.
  • King Tarannon Falastur of Gondor (9th century of the Third Age) evidently attempted a diplomatic alliance by marrying the Black Númenórean Berúthiel.
  • Killer Bean locates a third warehouse, evidently attempting to find Cappuccino there.

Click on the heading to expand the collocation groups, collocations and sample sentences.