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

After a brief attempt to revive the firm, Mr. Mashinsky resigned in September.

From New York Times • Jan. 5, 2023

There was a brief attempt by Alston supporters to keep the chair, but it became moot.

From Salon • Nov. 23, 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

Only permanency could dig the gold of fertility from the prairie, and thus far the people who had made a brief attempt to cope with it had been in too much of a hurry.

From Land of the Burnt Thigh by Voorhies, Stephen J.