How do you use Attempts in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Attempts meaning
plural of attempt
Using Attempts
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of attempt
- In the example corpus, attempts often appears in combinations such as: attempts to, attempts by, attempts and.
Context around Attempts
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 13 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Attempts
- In this selection, "attempts" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, two, goal, claimed, per, completions and rushing stand out and add context to how "attempts" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 17 pass attempts from phommachanh, 37 rush attempts from the, goal attempts and failed attempts. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "attempts" sits close to words such as receiving, denied and balance, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with attempts
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
There were just 17 pass attempts from Phommachanh and 37 rush attempts from the Minutemen as a whole. (18 words)
While the conservative party attempts book banning more often than the democratic party, neither is innocent of attempts. (18 words)
Past attempts to force peace talks between the Bulldogs and other gangs have gone the way of earlier attempts. (19 words)
And those missed shots are piling up quickly, too, despite a strong start against Oklahoma that featured four made three-pointers on the first four attempts, then devolved into only four makes on the next 25 attempts from beyond the arc. (41 words)
Reads the statement by Bushiri issued earlier: “There have been clear and evident attempts to have myself, my wife and my family killed and despite our several attempts to report to authorities, there has never been State protection. (38 words)
After a relatively even first period with the Flyers leading 15-13 in shot attempts they dominated the second period not in how many they had, but the quality of said attempts, and how few they allowed. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
Anjan Luthra has claimed attempts to improve Cricket Scotland were being undermined by lobbyists after he resigned as chairman in the wake of major criticism of his and the organisation’s attempts to tackle racism.
Leshon Williams led the team with 54 yards rushing on 16 attempts and Kaleb Johnson had 53 yards on 10 attempts and a touchdown.
Pickoffs—when the pitcher attempts to throw the runner out before delivering the pitch—will be limited to two attempts per plate appearance, and the count will reset if the runner advances.
The actor says that there were attempts from some corners to do actual damage, through hacking attempts and literal death threats.
The number of manslaughters, murders, as well as attempts of these remained at the same level as in 2021, at 27 attempts, which resulted in 18 deaths.
There were just 17 pass attempts from Phommachanh and 37 rush attempts from the Minutemen as a whole.
And any attempts to change that — the attempts of Deng Xiaoping to change political institutions and create term limits, for example — have been demolished.
His best season came in 2022 when he set career highs in starts, attempts, completions, passing yards, average yards per pass, interceptions, quarterback rating, rushing attempts, rushing yards, and rushing touchdowns.
While the conservative party attempts book banning more often than the democratic party, neither is innocent of attempts.
Zach expresses surprise at the amount of book censorship attempts happening in California, as she views an American Library Association map that shows the number of censorships attempts in each state.
And those missed shots are piling up quickly, too, despite a strong start against Oklahoma that featured four made three-pointers on the first four attempts, then devolved into only four makes on the next 25 attempts from beyond the arc.
Folk is 19-for-21 on his field goal attempts this season and has connected on 19 straight after missing his first two attempts.
He had a couple of errant attempts that had too much air underneath them, but the bigger reason he earned less than an A is the lack of downfield attempts.
Of course, we know Sexton will have his share of mid-range attempts via pull-ups, and in-rhythm, I’m fine with those attempts.
Reads the statement by Bushiri issued earlier: “There have been clear and evident attempts to have myself, my wife and my family killed and despite our several attempts to report to authorities, there has never been State protection.
Temple made just three of their nine attempts, while Villanova made just six of their 27 attempts from beyond the arc.
After a relatively even first period with the Flyers leading 15-13 in shot attempts they dominated the second period not in how many they had, but the quality of said attempts, and how few they allowed.
He ended the regular season 24 of 27 on all field-goal attempts, and was 65 of 69 on extra-point attempts, with both totals leading the NFL.
Past attempts to force peace talks between the Bulldogs and other gangs have gone the way of earlier attempts.
The report also shows any attempts to create a 'fingerprint' of your screen to identify you, which Firefox can block, or any attempts to install crypto-mining code.
Phrases with attempts
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with attempts
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- attempts to 105×
- attempts by 14×
- attempts and 11×
- failed attempts 11×
- on attempts 7×
- attempts from 7×
- attempts in 7×
- attempts were 7×
- their attempts 6×
- that attempts 6×