What is not yet done is only what we have not yet attempted to do.    From LearnThat.org.  [Alexis de Tocqueville, Source: Tocqueville in Democracy in America, 1835]

He rejected what he called an attempted "coup" of freedom and democracy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Amid Protests, Yemen President Vague on Transition Plan] Reference

A list of books Sarah Palin attempted to ban in Alaska.    From Wordnik.com.  [norbert blei | the politics of literature « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground] Reference

Brazil was a distant third in attempted attacks, with 166,987.    From Wordnik.com.  [We are under cyberattack... and are often the attackers!] Reference

So finally, in attempted solidarity, I tried to fast a few times.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-09-01] Reference

Verne in attempted to calculate the requirements for such a cannon.    From Wordnik.com.  [The History of Science Fiction - The 19th Century | Solar Flare: Science Fiction News] Reference

His expression attempted to leave no doubt that he would really try.    From Wordnik.com.  [Out Like a Light] Reference

While behind the net, Sedin attempted to feed Trent Klatt in the slot.    From Wordnik.com.  [NHL - National Hockey League - Edmonton vs. Vancouver] Reference

My cousin attempted to commit suicide by running head first into a train.    From Wordnik.com.  [An Echo of Virginia Tech] Reference

The group's record label attempted to combine the family band craze of the.    From Wordnik.com.  [PopMatters] Reference

The next day, a VC guard killed Bowers after he had again attempted to escape.    From Wordnik.com.  [Arroya-Baez, Gerasimo] Reference

He jettisoned the radio and his rucksack and again attempted to climb the ladder.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scurlock, Lee D. Jr.] Reference

I have never again attempted to get new English speakers to sing Christmas carols.    From Wordnik.com.  [when in doubt, throw hard candy] Reference

Edelin attempted a half-court heave just before the buzzer but it hit the backboard.    From Wordnik.com.  [NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball - Syracuse vs. Georgetown] Reference

I never again attempted any personal investigation of the exploiters or their methods.    From Wordnik.com.  [Huichol art, a matter of survival: Part Two] Reference

Halpin attempted to get clear of the boat and was last seen in the vicinity of the fire.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dixon, David L.] Reference

Lockheed Martin attempted to play the Senate in their favor by manipulating the facts from the IDA.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » Pentagon Approves $11 Billion Contract For Useless Weapons System] Reference

When Darin attempted to return to the rock generation with his folk-protest work, he was no longer welcome.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chameleon With a Toupee] Reference

Robespierre here again attempted to take possession of the tribune, but several voices called out, Down with the tyrant.    From Wordnik.com.  [News Report] Reference

Europe should have learned when Neville Chamberlain attempted to appease Hitler by feeding much of central Europe to him.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sound Politics: What It Means] Reference

Terrified Song rulers further indulged their skepticism of Dali, and again attempted to reduce China's connections with Dali.    From Wordnik.com.  [Between Winds and Clouds: The Making of Yunnan (Second Century BCE to Twentieth Century CE)] Reference

What B&S have attempted is to show under which circumstances certain evolutionary processes are unable to explain the observed data.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Memory Hole] Reference

He writes about the disconcerting optical illusions he experienced as his brain attempted to compensate for the loss created by the tumour.    From Wordnik.com.  [Oliver Sacks: The visionary who can't recognise faces] Reference

"Perforce he attempted to pronounce the English word.    From Wordnik.com.  [Inconstant Star]

I think what Apple has attempted is noble, but it’s not going to work.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scripting News for 7/25/2007 « Scripting News Annex] Reference

In some parts of the world, it is known as attempted vehicular manslaughter.    From Wordnik.com.  [Assassinate Ma?] Reference

The Duchrow jabot I previously attempted is a single object: that won’t do.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jean's Knitting] Reference

An al Qaeda wing in Yemen calls the attempted bombing retaliation for U.S. air strikes.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 29, 2009] Reference

Instead, one of the biggest things that I’ve ever attempted is something uncompleted.    From Wordnik.com.  [Waldo Jaquith - Tenth anniversary.] Reference

"I told her to get away from me," McNamara said, calling the attempted discussion unethical.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Observer-Dispatch Home RSS] Reference

There was the inevitable struggle of wills as the demon she had called attempted to wrest control from her.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jinx High]

Dozens of "attempted" crimes, though felonies - such as attempted terrorism and attempted arson - are not currently DNA-eligible offenses.    From Wordnik.com.  [Press-Republican Homepage] Reference