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Meanings of makes the attempt in English

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Usage of makes the attempt in English
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When she makes the attempt, I will have my explanation, won't I?
The bourne identity
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The young man who makes the attempt knows that he must run the chance.
Thackeray
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I feel sorry for the burglar who makes the attempt, once Koku wakes up.
Tom Swift and His Air Scout; Or, Uncle Sam's Mastery of the Sky
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For he is compelled to contradict himself as soon as he makes the attempt.
Sophist
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The artist makes the attempt; succeeds or fails.
The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume VIII.
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Liszt, bolder than Heine, makes the attempt to portray them, and writes like an inspired poet.
Frederick Chopin, as a Man and Musician — Volume 1
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Twice Gutthorm makes the attempt, as Sigurd lies in bed, but is deterred by the latter's penetrating glance.
The Nibelungenlied
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He makes the attempt, and succeeds.
Gaspar the Gaucho: A Story of the Gran Chaco
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If he makes the attempt, they will be aware of it in the Courts of Chaos the moment that he begins.
The Great Book of Amber
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Following the very faulty chronology which pervades his whole work, Mr. Mitford makes the attempt of Cylon precede the legislation of Draco.
Athens: Its Rise and Fall, Book II
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By watching him until the moment he makes the attempt, and then rushing up and telling him that I'd renew our engagement.
Tales from Bohemia
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If the law punishes people for trying to commit suicide, it is punishing the want of skill that makes the attempt a failure.
The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer; Studies in Pessimism
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He gallantly makes the attempt, but springs forward with too much energy, and over he topples, with the bicycle cavorting around on top of him.
Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume I / From San Francisco to...
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"True" art makes the attempt to succeed in every way available to it.
Extra lives: why video games matter
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(3) Once more Charmides makes the attempt.
Charmides
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