Pronunciation of the English word attempting.
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1. | 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. | |
2. | You cannot achieve the impossible without attempting the absurd. | |
3. | The company is attempting to stagger work hours. | |
4. | An investors' group is attempting a leveraged buy-out of the firm. | |
5. | He caught sight of a thief attempting to break into the house. | |
6. | They're attempting to contact her. | |
7. | Tom is attempting to climb the rock. | |
8. | 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. | |
9. | A linguistics student swallowed her own tongue after attempting the legendary glottal approximant. | |
10. | Mary was attempting to push the words toward the other end of the sentence in order to dump Tom. |