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Example sentences for: attempting

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One shudders to imagine an actual aged person attempting to use this toothpaste.
' " Attempting to be gracious, Yardeni added, "I have no problems" with the growing likelihood that Y2K will end up being "a non-event."
We used template analysis to organise and segment the data, attempting to identify major categories of responses and common domains across each category [ 9 ] . Within the framework of possible responses to the structured discussion questions and based on our a priori theoretical understanding of the issues, we first defined four categories: why or why not surprised, management changes, and barriers to management changes.
There are equally formidable obstacles when attempting to obtain funding from alcohol study sections.
(Every year, hundreds of computer users develop hernias or serious back problems from attempting to lift up their machines and fling them across the room.