"This" was his son's final, frustrating attempt to beat the Florida Gators.

This year, for example, the theme was the frustrating attempt to bring together quantum theory and gravity, as embodied in relativity theory.

I first noticed the hole in political journalism during a brief and largely frustrating attempt to fill it.

The group finally succeeded, Dr. Page said, but only after thousands of frustrating attempts.

I was three weeks into my first 'proper' job and I'd just come back from the bar after a frustrating attempt to buy a post-work round of drinks.

Pressure rose high enough from the fire that the cabin burst and the fire erupted onto the pad area, frustrating attempts to rescue the crew.

Office Depot has been engaged in a long and frustrating attempt to merge with Staples.

As he thought of Rohde it all came back to him - the night on the mountain and the frustrating attempts to find a way over the pass.

About two years of frustrating attempts followed.

After two nights of this and a frustrating first attempt at throwing pottery, she begged an appointment with Dabarrah.