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
He made a brief attempt at screenwriting in Hollywood — he is one of several credited writers of “Easy Money,” a 1983 Rodney Dangerfield comedy — before returning East and becoming a sought-after magazine writer.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 15, 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
After a brief attempt at resistance, the governor fled, and al-Shī‘ī entered the city, released ‘Obaidallah and presented him to the army as the long-promised Imām.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" by Various
