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Example sentences for: attempting

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I am a high-school senior who has met with fantastic failure when attempting to interact with women.
In 1996, against the rules, he buzzed Del Rio below 3,000 feet, blew a tire attempting a hotshot "short" landing, and left the authorized route during a cross-country training mission.
Will points out that the GOP establishment's endorsement of Bush was completely voluntary and that grassroots uprisings, as McCain is attempting to bring about, are not always good for the party--look at what George McGovern did to the Democrats.
Collectively, the data reported here provide the basis for future experiments attempting to determine the signal transduction mechanisms whereby inflammatory agents enhance sulfur mustard cytotoxicity.
Early in 1650 Oliver Cromwell stationed his garrison here while attempting to subdue the rebellious Scottish monarchists; he was victorious at the Battle of Dunbar.