have a stab
Example Sentences
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When he did have a stab at something arty, it came out mangled: he played the poet Paul Verlaine opposite Leonardo DiCaprio as Rimbaud in Total Eclipse.
From The Guardian ● May 29, 2017
Twenty minutes later, on the monorail back to the terminal, I decided to have a stab at getting on the flight.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 23, 2015
Or perhaps Hawking did have a stab at that last one and ran out of blackboard.
From BBC ● May 30, 2014
The characters all have a stab at compensating for their past decisions but wind up settling for their former, moderately fulfilling lives.
From Reuters ● Jan. 29, 2014
She had some girl down here and was going to have a stab at marrying me off.
From My Man Jeeves by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)
