Definitions for attempting
at·tempt·ing

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1. Attempting

   of Attempt

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'attempting' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3845

How to pronounce attempting?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

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   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of attempting in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of attempting in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of attempting in a Sentence

1. Michele Dickerson:

   When I began, I felt great about what we were doing, but the further along I got into the campaign, I became concerned that perhaps we were no longer attempting to influence policy, but rather influence an election outcome.

2. Lance LoRusso:

   He was attempting to de-escalate a situation involving an uncooperative passenger. In context, his comments were clearly aimed at attempting to gain compliance by using the passenger's own statements and reasoning to avoid making an arrest.

3. Barney Given:

   I think you'll see it in more (energy) cases where unsecured creditors, who may not receive anything, are attempting to use any leverage they can to create any value they can for themselves.

4. Judge Andrew Napolitano:

   So here’s what we have heard from people who have seen this stuff: that the FBI is attempting to create a false impression of what they want us to think they found by selectively releasing all information.

5. Raymond Odierno:

   We have to stop a long-term group that's potentially attempting to be a long-term influence in the Middle East, that is clearly promoting extremism and frankly suppressing the populations in the Middle East, in order to resolve that, you need the countries in the Middle East, and those surrounding the Middle East, to be involved in this solution.

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References

1. ^ Webster Dictionary
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