She forced a frown, giving a halfhearted attempt to pull away from his embrace.

After a first field goal kick missed, a flag gave Penn a second attempt which they converted.

The next time she looked up, the countess gave her a nervous attempt at a reassuring smile.

He gave me an attempt at a smile but fell against the door frame to keep himself standing.

He gave her a miserable attempt at a smile.

Nagano was then given a second attempt at the stage one.

One of the latter was his own, of the end of which I shall give you a crude attempt at translation.

In either case, the isolated player was brought back out and given an attempt to guess the puzzle.

Hannah gave a wan attempt at a smile.

She brushed a strand of pale hair out of her eyes, and gave Brianna a poor attempt at a smile.