When a position was lost, an immediate attempt was usually made to re-take it with fresh forces.

He was wise enough to make no immediate attempt to recover lost ground.

Wisely he made no immediate attempt to force himself back into her good graces.

The change of tense and immediate attempt at clarification do not escape the young woman's notice.

That, at least, looked to have finally dissuaded her from any immediate attempt to try to fight her way through.

Yet the cloaked figure made no immediate attempt to reach the roof.

No immediate attempt to contact the earth seems evident.

The diamond king was led and allowed to win, an immediate attempt to correct the timing for a squeeze.

The ibis made no immediate attempt to push up more shoots.

Neither of us made any immediate attempt to get up.