Used in a Sentence

attempting

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for attempting.

Editorial note

Bottom line: the process is often quite random, so attempting to ascribe random decisions to inherent personal attributes is insulting.

Examples17
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

To try.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of attempting gathered in one view.

verb

To try.

verb

(criminal law) To make a substantial but unsuccessful effort (to commit a crime).

verb

(archaic) To try to win, subdue, or overcome.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for attempting.

verb

To try.

verb

(criminal law) To make a substantial but unsuccessful effort (to commit a crime).

verb

(archaic) To try to win, subdue, or overcome.

verb

(archaic) To attack; to make an effort or attack upon; to try to take by force.

Example sentences

1

Bottom line: the process is often quite random, so attempting to ascribe random decisions to inherent personal attributes is insulting.

2

Attempting to compete with Google is akin to creating a new, marginally better implementation of a really widespread standard and attempting to market it: nobody is going to use it.

3

And that's because dlsym takes a void * - attempting to teach dlsym about every function signature (e.g.

4

Nobody knows all the mistakes that humans will make attempting to engineer systems to do perfect cover channels.

5

Even if they win, the reward will be attempting to collect damages from an uncooperative company somewhere in China.

6

Is this a non sequitur attempting to lead people to believe that a free market inevitably results in violence?

7

They should have also done Japan or Taiwan or some other countries where it would have survived before attempting the USA.

8

You should be grateful that someone with professional expertise is here talking about what they know, not attempting to smear them.

9

If you look at the map, China is attempting to claim ownership of said straights.

10

In that case, the question should be, why am I attempting to convert one concrete type to another concrete type?

11

The way I see it, News in Shorts and Tenreads are attempting to solve the problem of information overload, right?

12

There are quite a few projects going on in Scotland which are attempting to restore species that were extirpated over the past few centuries.

Quote examples

1

Attempting to translate the statement: "The attorney general Harald Range intends to rest his investigation for the time being.

2

What China appears to be doing is attempting a mixture of trying to dilute the facts so as to increase ambiguity and developing "facts on the ground" (cf.

3

It's probably futile attempting to write "perfect" law, and probably for the best that jurists look to the law's intent rather than always trying to apply the law literally.

4

Attempting to register for access takes you to a form that requires you to have an "Autodesk ID" without any obvious way to obtain one - it does say that existing Gameware customers can get access.

Proper noun examples

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Attempting such would create such a burdne.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use attempting in a sentence?

Bottom line: the process is often quite random, so attempting to ascribe random decisions to inherent personal attributes is insulting.

What does attempting mean?

To try.

What part of speech is attempting?

attempting is commonly used as verb.