make an attempt

To the contrary, they actively avoid mating and when males make an attempt, "it's like the bull at a rodeo," Ebert says.

Alexandra Vacroux, executive director of the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard University, posits that Russia within several years will make an attempt to assess NATO’s commitment to Article 5, the alliance’s common defense guarantee under which an attack on one member is considered an attack on all.

The former president did make an attempt at peace between Israel and Palestinians during his second term, but months of talks collapsed in 2014 amid disagreements on Israeli settlements, the release of Palestinian prisoners and other issues.

He remains seated in the back of the car while one of the demonstrators appears to make an attempt to open the door.

When retailers make an attempt to stock seasonally appropriate clothing and it does not sell, storage of such items becomes expensive.