Words similar to attempting

Example sentences for: attempting

How can you use “attempting” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Hollywood executives are attempting to reduce stars' influence . This spring, Disney announced that it would cut its production by half.
I am a high-school senior who has met with fantastic failure when attempting to interact with women.
Additionally, attempting to reverse engineer software is illegal: Like most commercial software companies, Microsoft forbids it as part of its licensing agreement.
Even Glassner, for dog's years Dole's body man and coat carrier, had retired to the common area, where the staff would be attempting its usual stab at gaiety.
This scheme indicates which branch of the tree the fragmentary sequence probably belongs in, without attempting to assign a branch length from the fragment to the rest of the tree.