At least it was downhill, she told herself with a small attempt at humor.

But all of them had been small private attempts.

It is a small attempt to bridge India's great and growing gulf.

She made a small attempt at a smile, but abandoned it.

For that regrettable ignorance the following is a small attempt at a remedy.

The Talk of the Town piece, in 1997, represented another small attempt.

But as a parent, shouldn't there be some small attempt at being parental?

Their presence was seen as a small but potentially significant attempt by Iraq to end its diplomatic isolation.

Some of the homes had small attempts at gardens-or pots with plants in them.

Experts tend to play the jack as a small double-cross attempt.