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Meanings of desperate attempt in inglês

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Usage of desperate attempt in inglês
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Beauvais made a desperate attempt to clutch the blade in his hands.
The Puppet Crown
2
His widow told the court of her desperate attempt to help him.
News.com.au
3
He stole it in a desperate attempt to stay an incurable disease.
The Dream Doctor
4
To prevent them succeeding in their desperate attempt was our first object.
Adventures in the Far West
5
In a desperate attempt, he made a push to approach Vin herself.
Arcanum Unbounded
6
The mate made one desperate attempt to get out of his way.
South American Fights and Fighters, and Other Tales of Adventure
7
While he did this, Hans was making a desperate attempt to think.
Cobwebs from an Empty Skull
8
And so she made a desperate attempt, that afternoon, to tempt Elizabeth.
The Breaking Point
9
She made a desperate attempt to rearrange her expression into something polite.
The witch queen
10
A last desperate attempt to break off the chase, and it worked.
Success to the Brave
11
The film's pervasive broad humor reeks of a desperate attempt at quirk.
The Guardian
12
In a desperate attempt to clinch, the German exposed his jaw.
The Boy Allies Under the Sea; Or, The Vanishing Submarines
13
He was an outcast, engaged in a desperate attempt to repair his fortune.
The Intriguers
14
Tracey continued with one last desperate attempt to change his mind.
From dawn to deceit
15
Project Nemesis had been a desperate attempt to keep us alive.
Nemesis
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This desperate attempt of the victim, far from exasperating Thénardier, had calmed him.
Les Misérables
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