brief attempt
Example Sentences
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A brief attempt at a career in the legal profession was cut short after he failed his first year at law school.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
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
There was a brief attempt, in the 1960s during the second Vatican council, at reevaluation – and then slam!
From The Guardian ● Aug. 21, 2018
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 John Richard Green
