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Attempting meaning
present participle and gerund of attempt
Example sentences (20)
He later admitted attempting to meet a child following sexual grooming and attempting to communicate sexually with a child.
He had been found guilty of attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child and attempting to incite a child to engage in sexual activity, and earlier pleading guilty to possessing an extreme pornographic image.
He was subsequently charged with attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child and attempting to cause/incite a girl under 13 to engage in sexual activity.
The three men are facing terrorism charges and have been accused of attempting to hijack a ship that rescued them at sea after fearing that the ship’s captain was attempting to return them to Libya.
Tranter, 32, has since been charged with attempting to engage in sexual communications with a child and attempting to incite a girl to engage in sexual activity, Leicestershire Police said.
This was a hugely attritional match that featured seven tries and claimed the in-form Ngani Laumape, who injured his forearm attempting to tackle Joe Moody in the 48th minute and then left the field in a dejected mood after attempting to play on.
Davies was convicted of attempting to possess a firearm with intent to endanger life and attempting to possess five round of ammunition with intent to endanger life following a two-week trial in July.
Hawks tries to have a one on one chat with Endeavor, attempting to slip him a secret message as to just what the winged wonder is attempting to do within the ranks of the insanely large antagonistic organization.
Gardner, who had a previous conviction for attempting to rob a schoolboy of his mobile and wallet at knifepoint, was convicted of attempting to cause grievous bodily harm with intent.
Furthermore, he feared that overly ambitious generals attempting to win promotion were attempting to persuade Mussolini to divert military resources in an ever-widening field of action.
Groups gain a bonus when attempting to control other Groups with the same alignment but incur a penalty when attempting to destroy Groups with the same.
One player is attempting to connect the north and south edges, and the other is attempting to connect the east and west edges.
A 15-year-old boy from Ringwood was arrested on suspicion of attempting to cause grievous bodily harm with intent.
A 79-year-old man has appeared in court to plead not guilty to attempting to sexually assault a woman in Llanidloes.
About 1 in 5 high school students reported attempting suicide and 1 in 4 considered suicide, according to YRBS.
A British nurse charged with murdering seven babies and attempting to kill ten others between 2015 and 2016 attacked one of the victims twice in one day, prosecutors told the court.
According to local media sources, a railway car toppled to one side of the track, with what seemed to be survivors on top, and local citizens attempting to pull other casualties to safety.
According to reports in Spain, Joao Felix and his camp are attempting to terminate his Atletico Madrid contract.
According to the Municipal Research and Services Center of Washington, most jurisdictions have some type of plan or document attempting to address emissions and climate issues.
According to the police, the boat was attempting to recover cargo from the Panama-registered freighter "MV Matthew".