brief attempt
Example Sentences
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It was the last time, despite Campbell's brief attempt, that Celtic and Rangers stars played in the same team.
From BBC • Jun. 30, 2023
There was a brief attempt by Alston supporters to keep the chair, but it became moot.
From Salon • Nov. 23, 2022
After a brief attempt at becoming a professional Australian rules football player in 1988, he went to train at the Australian Cricket Academy in Adelaide and made his first-class debut in 1991.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 4, 2022
Dad built a few more during a brief attempt at retirement and now we have eight of these bulky boxes nestled in the boughs of oak trees around our Kent farm.
From The Guardian • Jun. 11, 2020
Edward after a brief attempt at resistance was forced to surrender Windsor and disband his foreign troops.
From History of the English People, Volume II The Charter, 1216-1307; The Parliament, 1307-1400 by Green, John Richard