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Sentence example with the word 'attempted'
attempted
Definition
adj.
tried unsuccessfully
Last update: July 13, 2015
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The deeper the feeling, the more he
attempted
to cover it.
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He
attempted
one place after another where he failed.
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She realized it quickly enough when she
attempted
it.
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Phileas Fogg and Sir Francis Cromarty also saw that nothing could be
attempted
in that direction.
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The Chinese government has in vain
attempted
to deal with the evil by stringent laws.
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Only one or two had
attempted
to follow it, the others had plunged into the field.
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Scarcely any resistance was
attempted
and, in a few minutes, the ground was strewn with dead.
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Nor has it been
attempted
to prove them so.
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Nothing, however, was
attempted
or plotted against it.
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A final assault was there
attempted
, and this assault succeeded.
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Edna had
attempted
all summer to learn to swim.
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