He got beat several times and made some poor attempts at tackling.

"There have been a lot of poor local attempts to deal with the issue," he said.

Those outside the political arena believe that the Government have made a poor attempt to answer some searching questions.

"We told the students involved that the signs were a poor attempt at humor."

I have even saved the agent's poor attempt at defense.

I have over the past few years glanced across your poor attempts at reviewing shows.

He smiled over her poor attempt at playing hard to get.

Despite his poor attempt at humor, her face remained tight.

She felt between her legs, made a poor attempt to cover herself.

To my own poor attempt I add the wish that we may at least meet again soon.