How to Use attempt in a Sentence

attempt

1 of 2 verb

• She attempted suicide early in their marriage.
• They've attempted a climb up Mount Everest once before.
• Yell, shout and attempt to scare the bear away.
  — Rachel Wegner, Nashville Tennessean, 22 Oct. 2025
• Do not attempt to pound down or over-compact the soil.
  — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 26 Feb. 2026
• But there is one strategy that attempts to do all of it at once.
  — Karl Montevirgen, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
• What this film is attempting to do is use modern tools.
  — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 12 Mar. 2026
• So far he’s attempted to bunt for hits only twice.
  — Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 10 Sep. 2025
• Koureissi did not score or attempt a shot in nine minutes of play.
  — Dallas Morning News, 15 Jan. 2026
• At first, Newbill’s attempts to build a bridge failed.
  — Alec Lewis, New York Times, 29 May 2026
• Cities all over the nation attempted to shut them down.
  — Caity Weaver, The Atlantic, 12 June 2026
• Deer, snakes, and birds flee past you, even the insects attempt to escape.
  — Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
• Harper attempts to fill any role that’s needed.
  — Michael Osipoff, Chicago Tribune, 26 Feb. 2026
• First responders pulled him out and attempted to give him first aid.
  — Salvador Rizzo, Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2024
• Both players had to attempt shots away from the pin just to get in position to save par.
  — Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 20 July 2023
• My Lab leaps up onto a grass bench and attempts to climb higher but can’t.
  — Ted Katauskas, Outside, 23 Sep. 2025
• Jackson then moved back to the front porch and attempted to enter the house.
  — Kellie Love, Hartford Courant, 26 Mar. 2026
• In another, a man falls while attempting to stand on a horse’s back.
  — Nick Sullivan april 9, Charlotte Observer, 9 Apr. 2026
• Saito is attempting to thru-hike, meaning to hike the entire trail in one go.
  — Kelly Meyerhofer, jsonline.com, 4 Nov. 2025
• And attempts at resolving the issue have so far failed.
  — Clio Chang, Curbed, 14 Oct. 2025
• During that time, the gas pedal was pushed to the floor, and no one attempted to brake.
  — Erin Jensen, USA Today, 15 May 2026
• The Bengals didn’t attempt to convert a fourth down.
  — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2025
• Avoid attempting to walk to safety.
  — Bay Area Weather Report, Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2026
• The students did not attempt to silence Pichai.
  — Maia Niguel Hoskin, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
• Ramsay attempted to fix his chain and keep riding.
  — Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 30 Aug. 2025
• That’s an ambitious thing to attempt.
  — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 30 May 2026
• Don’t attempt to sneakily pet it.
  — Cody Godwin, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025
• Barnett is attempting to reclaim some of that space.
  — Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 12 June 2026
• As deputies attempted to make contact, the suspect drove off.
  — Julie Sharp, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026
• For instance, dogs that are frightened may attempt to flee, fight, fret and fidget, or freeze.
  — Phillip Reese, Fortune Well, 27 Jan. 2024
• The few cars that attempted to drive through the flood sputtered and died, bonnet-deep in swirling pondweed.
  — Literary Hub, 26 Feb. 2026

attempt

2 of 2 noun

• Her attempt at a home-cooked meal consisted of frozen fish sticks and a can of soup.
• She failed her driving test on the first attempt but she succeeded on her second attempt.
• That was his last attempt of the game.
  — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 10 Apr. 2026
• There won’t even be an attempt.
  — Senior Editor, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2026
• This film was an attempt to go back and deal with the past.
  — Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2026
• If the three-point attempt rate stays in the top five while turnover rate drops.
  — Jenny Catlin, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
• This is an active attempt to break out.
  — Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 2 Apr. 2026
• Her attempt to set boundaries didn’t go over well.
  — Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
• That could create a race for shot attempts.
  — Zach Harper, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
• The first attempt might not be perfect.
  — Matt Shumer, Fortune, 11 Feb. 2026
• Today's attempt will be the first since then.
  — Mike Wall, Space.com, 18 Sep. 2025
• This stops many account takeover attempts in their tracks.
  — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 13 Feb. 2026
• Schmitt has recorded four steals on five attempts.
  — Data Skrive, New York Times, 29 May 2026
• Sheets has recorded three steals on three attempts.
  — Data Skrive, New York Times, 29 May 2026
• Reynolds has recorded four steals on four attempts.
  — Data Skrive, New York Times, 29 May 2026
• They were called for a suicide attempt.
  — Matthew Cupelli, Cincinnati Enquirer, 2 Oct. 2025
• Watch his sumo wrestling attempt in the video at the top of the story.
  — Jonathan Limehouse, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
• Barkley had just six rushing attempts.
  — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
• Nine of those attempts came from 3-point range, and only one went in.
  — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 23 Oct. 2025
• James didn’t take a single shot attempt in the first quarter.
  — Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2026
• Champagnie missed a free-throw attempt on the front end.
  — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2025
• In the decade since that attempt, my fondness for omelets endures.
  — Megan Zhang, Saveur, 4 Sep. 2025
• But of those 17 shot attempts, only three made it to the net.
  — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2025
• There were times where the ensuing shot attempt didn’t touch the rim.
  — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 23 Oct. 2025
• An over-read attempt should produce drift rather than deeper truth.
  — Pravir Malik, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
• The visa lottery won on the second attempt.
  — Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
• The duo trained for the record-breaking attempt for about a year, James says.
  — Diane Bell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 June 2023
• There’ve been lots of attempts in the last few months to move the dial on Farage.
  — Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 8 May 2026
• Betts has recorded eight steals on 10 attempts.
  — Data Skrive, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2025
• Betts has recorded eight steals on 10 attempts.
  — Data Skrive, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025