Examples of take/make a stab at in a Sentence
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In other words, there’s plenty of new material for Scary Movie to take a stab at.
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Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Apr. 2024
Asher can also take a stab at doing good without the cameras present, by giving Abshir the house his family has been squatting in.
—Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2024
Tijuana isn’t the first government to take a stab at banning songs that glorify violence and drugs.
—Whitney Eulich, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Dec. 2023
Losers can be elected as guessers who take a stab at identifying a roommate's famous family member.
—Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 11 July 2022
Bills that at least would begin to make a stab at it always seem to fail in the California State Legislature.
—Dallas News, 30 Aug. 2022
Knowing that Bernstein was dating Nora Ephron, whose parents were screenwriters, Woodward suggested that the couple take a stab at writing a screenplay themselves.
—Washington Post, 9 June 2022
Advertisement - Continue Reading Below 10 Mason Jar Advice and Prediction Cards $15 at Amazon Let guests take a stab at guessing the baby's date and time of birth, eye color, and more, as well as leave words of wisdom for the new parents.
—Amy Mitchell, Country Living, 30 June 2023
Perseverance will make a stab at that, but human rock hounds, capable of traveling far over difficult terrain, climbing, digging, doing delicate work and intuitively following up clues, can do that job vastly better.
—Robert Zubrin, Scientific American, 25 Mar. 2021
Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Apr. 2024
Asher can also take a stab at doing good without the cameras present, by giving Abshir the house his family has been squatting in.
—Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2024
Tijuana isn’t the first government to take a stab at banning songs that glorify violence and drugs.
—Whitney Eulich, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Dec. 2023
Losers can be elected as guessers who take a stab at identifying a roommate's famous family member.
—Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 11 July 2022
Bills that at least would begin to make a stab at it always seem to fail in the California State Legislature.
—Dallas News, 30 Aug. 2022
Knowing that Bernstein was dating Nora Ephron, whose parents were screenwriters, Woodward suggested that the couple take a stab at writing a screenplay themselves.
—Washington Post, 9 June 2022
Advertisement - Continue Reading Below 10 Mason Jar Advice and Prediction Cards $15 at Amazon Let guests take a stab at guessing the baby's date and time of birth, eye color, and more, as well as leave words of wisdom for the new parents.
—Amy Mitchell, Country Living, 30 June 2023
Perseverance will make a stab at that, but human rock hounds, capable of traveling far over difficult terrain, climbing, digging, doing delicate work and intuitively following up clues, can do that job vastly better.
—Robert Zubrin, Scientific American, 25 Mar. 2021
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