attempt
IPA: ʌtˈɛmpt
noun
- The action of trying at something.
- An assault or attack, especially an assassination attempt.
verb
- To try.
- (obsolete) To try to move, by entreaty, by afflictions, or by temptations; to tempt.
- (archaic) To try to win, subdue, or overcome.
- (archaic) To attack; to make an effort or attack upon; to try to take by force.
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Examples of "attempt" in Sentences
- The attempt was abortive.
- In the end the attempt was frustrated.
- I am not attempting to be a doctrinaire.
- It is an attempt to define the ineffable.
- There is the attempt to feign objectivity.
- There is no attempt to delimit the definition.
- That's attempted monopolization of the article.
- In February, they attempt to transmute their mother.
- It is an attempt to embarrass the person in the picture.
- His attempts fail and cause the exterminator to commit suicide.