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attempted English
Meaning attempted meaning
What does attempted mean?
attempted
Synonyms attempted synonyms
What other words have the same or similar meaning as attempted?
Topics attempted topics
What do people use attempted to talk about?
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What words refer to trying to kill someone?
Examples attempted examples
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Simple sentences
I attempted to swim across the river.
I've attempted suicide twice.
The rebels attempted to seize power.
The old man attempted to swim five kilometers.
The prominent poet attempted to commit suicide in his study.
I attempted to solve the problem.
He attempted to swim across the river.
He attempted to sidestep a conflict with his chief.
He attempted to escape.
They attempted in vain to bribe the witness.
They attempted to assassinate the president.
They attempted to break through the enemy line.
They attempted to escape.
She attempted to swim across the Thames.
She attempted to kill herself.
The boy attempted an escape, but failed.
We attempted to break the lines of the enemy.
The politician attempted a difficult task.
She attempted suicide.
My mother attempted to reconcile the couple.
He attempted suicide.
Movie subtitles
I'm charging you with the murders of Evan Whitestone and Maureen Moffatt and the attempted murder of Jared Morahu.
Despite the financial influence of Count Muffat, Nana, who attempted to play a distinguished role, has just suffered a resounding failure.
Looks like an attempted theft, but nothing stolen here could be disposed of.
After all, this was an attempted lynching then!
His attempted action must therefore be attributed. to a diseased mind, afflicted with hallucinations of grandeur. and obsessed with an insane desire to become a public benefactor.
It's all right for you people to hate me, but attempted murder is another thing.
Until one day, while performing feats of stratospheric skill never before attempted by civilized man an unfortunate phenomena occurred.
Vainly attempted to sway, as he once did the destinies of a nation that had ceased to listen to him ceased to trust him.
Attempted to land at emergency field 26.
Well, that is, nothing except an attempted assassination.
And now, while we prepare for the extinction of the father of this witch. the old sorcerer who attempted to come to her aid. there will be a short intermission.
And the attempted murder of Frank Chambers.
Count two, attempted murder of Frank Chambers.
If Your Honor please I move to dismiss the charge of attempted murder and to permit her to withdraw her plea of not guilty for the purpose of entering a new plea.
The latter included rogues, rebellious ones who attempted to destroy us.
Your majesty, his excellency prince Metternich wants you to know. that it hadn't been an attempted assassination after all.
Last night, this dog attempted to escape.
True. Too true. Nevertheless, as the bars says, nothing attempted, nothing gained.
Oh, so it was Captain Randall who so imprudently attempted to penetrate the lines.
If counsel's ears were as quick as his objections he'd know I said attempted lynching.
His attempted action must therefore be attributed to a diseased mind, afflicted with hallucinations of grandeur and obsessed with an insane desire to become a public benefactor.
And on the floor beside the woman's body was found a knife. With which she evidently attempted to defend herself.
You're under arrest Stapleton, for the murder of Sir Charles Baskerville, the murder of a convict and the attempted murder of Sir Henry.
I attempted this adventure for a woman.
Twice I've been followed by something that was not human something that attempted to take my life.
The use of drugs or other practices which produce lethargic coma, or lifeless sleep, shall be considered attempted murder.
Attempted!
Twice I've been followed by something that was not human. something that attempted to take my life.
She never attempted suicide before?
As I have attempted to make plain, Your Honor, my client is not contesting this divorce.
Attempted robbery.
When I see the idiots with money in their pockets I'm attempted to wring their necks like we used to with the chickens on maneuvers.
Attempted bribery.
The luck of the Zelton Bandits began running out today when they attempted one of the most daring robberies in the Southwest.
An attempted suicide must be reported even under an assumed name.
So it was attempted suicide?
He attempted to assault me.
News and current affairs
The Turkish government even attempted a regional initiative for a peaceful solution to the crisis, an effort no current EU member could have contemplated.
In its sheer scale, this may be the largest single energy privatization ever attempted in Europe.
On a recent trip through the Middle East, I attempted to gain a better understanding of the crisis.
At the end of the day it could lead to the sort of huge street protests that marked the Orange Revolution, and their attempted violent suppression.
Like Iran, Qaddafi's Libya suffered economic and political isolation for many years during which it attempted to advance a WMD program.
When Franco died in 1975, Spain's future path was not obvious, as evidenced by the attempted coup of February 1981.
When the popular former mayor of New York City, Michael Bloomberg, attempted to ban large sugary drinks, public opinion - not to mention the New York State Court of Appeals - rejected the effort, despite support from medical experts.
Nevertheless, fourteen civil society activists who attempted to organize a special meeting to address the realities of the Kurdish issue in Syria recently received various sentences on charges of working to undermine national unity.
NEW YORK - British Prime Minister David Cameron's government has announced some of the most draconian public-sector cuts any developed country government has ever attempted.
Morsi's subsequent victory in the presidential election therefore set up an epic battle over the future of the parliament and the constitution, as Morsi attempted to protect the democratically elected parliament while the military fought to dissolve it.
In fairness, no UN Secretary General has paid greater homage to the ideals of the human-rights movement, or attempted, at least rhetorically, to associate the UN with those ideals, than Kofi Annan.
Moreover, India has attempted to establish strategic ties with countries that China sees as falling within its own sphere of influence (from Mongolia to Vietnam, including direct competition over Myanmar).
When President Jacques Chirac's first government attempted such a reform in 1995, railroad workers, who can retire at age 50 or 55, spearheaded the resistance.
The Clinton administration attempted to put brakes on then-Prime Minister Netanyahu's efforts to construct a new settlement near Bethlehem.
To be sure, the EU recognized its need for a coherent strategy, and attempted to resolve it by establishing the European External Action Service and the position of High Representative for Foreign Affairs.
Still within congressional restraints, the Nixon administration attempted to bolster Cambodia's military government.
But there is evidence that the second has already started to come to pass, with serious implications for the way that modern economies have attempted to meet the challenges of globalization.
Now, with his China strategy falling apart, Obama is seeking to do exactly what his predecessor attempted - to line up partners as an insurance policy in case China's rising power slides into arrogance.
In 1999, Huji members attempted to assassinate the moderate poet Shamshur Rahman with an axe.
Competing for influence among radical Islamist leaders in northwestern Bangladesh is Bangla Bhai, who in 2004 attempted an Islamist revolution in several provinces bordering India.
Initially, Blair attempted to force through detention without charge for up to 90 days.
Public spending cuts come more naturally to Conservatives, and they have - despite their lack of candor - attempted to make a virtue out of this necessity.
Oman is keeping its distance from the situation, while Kuwait has attempted to mediate between Saudi Arabia and Qatar.
Conversely, when democratic transition was attempted in a fragile and closed economic environment, the outcome was much worse.
Almost half have attempted suicide at least once.