Thesaurus / attempts
FEEDBACKsynonyms for attempts
synonyms for attempts
- pursue
- tackle
- seek
- solicit
- undertake
- essay
- aim
- attack
- experiment
- venture
- push
- endeavor
- strive
- take on
- do level best
- exert oneself
- give a fling
- give a whirl
- give best shot
- give it a go
- give it a try
- give old college try
- go the limit
- have a crack
- have a go at
- make a run at
- shoot the works
- take a stab at
- take best shot
- try one's hand at
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I made two attempts to climb up, but both times slipped back.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, NO. CCCXXXIX. JANUARY, 1844. VOL. LV.VARIOUSYet their quaint attempts to improve their appearance throw an interesting side-light on their æsthetic preferences.
CHILDREN'S WAYSJAMES SULLYSpontaneous gaiety was gone out of his cousin, whose attempts to be his normal self became forced and unsuccessful.
THE WAVEALGERNON BLACKWOODI may as well say it here: with my poetical productions I was never satisfied any more than with my attempts at drawing.
FIFTY YEARS OF RAILWAY LIFE IN ENGLAND, SCOTLAND AND IRELANDJOSEPH TATLOWThese first attempts to copy in line the forms of familiar objects are among the most curious products of the child's mind.
CHILDREN'S WAYSJAMES SULLYThis habit of scribble may persist after a child attempts a linear description of the parts of an object.
CHILDREN'S WAYSJAMES SULLYNew and highly curious characteristics begin to appear when he attempts to give the profile aspect.
CHILDREN'S WAYSJAMES SULLYVarious odd arrangements appear in the first attempts to outline arm and hand.
CHILDREN'S WAYSJAMES SULLYHe attempts to pray and make supplication—yea, even he endeavours to perform the service.
THE ORDINANCE OF COVENANTINGJOHN CUNNINGHAMOur progress became monotonous, a succession of fruitless attempts to advance; hopeless, like wandering in a subtle maze.
RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIR