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Example sentences for: attempted

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Venetian forces attempted to wrest the city from Ottoman control twice.
We attempted to control indoor CO 2 concentrations by adjusting the supply of outside air supply, but the buildings available for the intervention study had an excess of ventilation capacity relative to the volume of office space and number of office workers.
Where legal services workers have attempted to overcome these barriers by going to the labor camp to see H-2A workers, in some cases legal services workers have been denied access to the camps.
The few who have attempted to write debunking pieces about him have failed miserably.
The C-130H pilot spotted it, identified it as a Boeing 757, attempted to follow its path, and at 9:38, seconds after impact, reported to the control tower:"looks like that aircraft crashed into the Pentagon sir."