Attempting can be categorized as a verb.
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| attempt - To try. |
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| 1. | verb | Simultaneously, New Delhi would ensure a degree of autonomy for the state that would help cut popular support off from jihadis attempting to convert Kashmir into a second Afghanistan. | |
| 2. | verb | Terrell, a CIA asset originally recruited for the Contra effort, identifies the man attempting to recruit him into the Philippine scheme as Oliver North... | |
| 3. | verb | The bronze medal is given to people who "risk their lives to an extraordinary degree while saving or attempting to save the lives of others." | |
| 4. | verb | Is the old Devil attempting to disguise as good in front of people. | |
| 5. | verb | You cannot achieve the impossible without attempting the absurd. | |
| 6. | verb | The company is attempting to stagger work hours. | |
| 7. | verb | An investors' group is attempting a leveraged buy-out of the firm. | |
| 8. | verb | He caught sight of a thief attempting to break into the house. | |
| 9. | verb | They're attempting to contact her. | |
| 10. | verb | Tom is attempting to climb the rock. | |
| 11. | verb | A body of researchers funded by Frito-Lay are attempting to compile a list of bite-size snack foods through which the body and blood of Christ can transubstantiate. | |
| 12. | verb | A linguistics student swallowed her own tongue after attempting the legendary glottal approximant. | |
| 13. | verb | Mary was attempting to push the words toward the other end of the sentence in order to dump Tom. | |
| 14. | verb | This is suicide. We shouldn't be attempting to do this. | |
| 15. | verb | Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will be banished; persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot. |
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| Simultaneously, New Delhi would ensure a degree of autonomy for the state that would help cut popular support off from jihadis attempting to convert Kashmir into a second Afghanistan. |
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| Terrell, a CIA asset originally recruited for the Contra effort, identifies the man attempting to recruit him into the Philippine scheme as Oliver North... |
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| The bronze medal is given to people who "risk their lives to an extraordinary degree while saving or attempting to save the lives of others." |
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| Is the old Devil attempting to disguise as good in front of people. |
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| You cannot achieve the impossible without attempting the absurd. | |
| The company is attempting to stagger work hours. | |
| An investors' group is attempting a leveraged buy-out of the firm. | |
| He caught sight of a thief attempting to break into the house. | |
| They're attempting to contact her. | |
| Tom is attempting to climb the rock. | |
| A body of researchers funded by Frito-Lay are attempting to compile a list of bite-size snack foods through which the body and blood of Christ can transubstantiate. | |
| A linguistics student swallowed her own tongue after attempting the legendary glottal approximant. | |
| Mary was attempting to push the words toward the other end of the sentence in order to dump Tom. | |
| This is suicide. We shouldn't be attempting to do this. | |
| Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will be banished; persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot. | |