Meanings of abandon the attempt in English

She could only seat herself at the tea-table and abandon the attempt.

The House should abandon the attempt to restrict Slavery in Missouri.

The carpenter endeavoured to scuttle the after part, but had to abandon the attempt.

She had felt sure that he would not abandon the attempt to communicate with her.

Indeed, this is so well-known to Baderoon that I think he will abandon the attempt.

Still Adair was unwilling to abandon the attempt.

He too was dissatisfied with the inducements Detroit offered, and had almost resolved to abandon the attempt and go home.

At last, after tempting them in vain, Frederick was forced to abandon the attempt and return to Saxony, bitterly disappointed.

Far gone, indeed, must we be in mental or physical agony before we abandon the attempt to keep up appearances.

In Pennsylvania it was supposed for a while that Cameron's audacity had failed him, and that he would abandon the attempt.

Jack was by this time almost in despair of recovering the boats, but would not yet abandon the attempt to find them.

If his family are too hard to raise, he will abandon the attempt and rise without them, for he cannot help himself.

Those who were suspected and arrested easily proved their innocence, and the authorities were compelled to abandon the attempt to capture the criminal.

He was seized with a hiccough, which in a few moments became so violent that he had to abandon the attempt to converse.

Our prefatory friend set a pace that it is hopeless for modern champions to follow, and they might as well abandon the attempt.

In labor disputes, for instance, the bargaining relationship breaks down when either one or both parties abandon the attempt to communicate with the other.