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  3. Attempting

Attempting Synonyms

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Make an effort or attempt
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. trying
  2. seeking
  3. venturing
  4. striving
  5. undertaking
  6. essaying
  7. waging
  8. assaying
  9. endeavoring
  10. starting
  11. stabbing
  12. soliciting
  13. searching
  14. pursuing
  15. probing
  16. hunting
  17. fishing
  18. exploring
  19. experimenting
  20. entreating
  21. beginning
  22. aiming

Attempting Sentence Examples

  • Kiera looked at her, attempting to decipher her warning.

  • It looks like he was attempting to arm the remaining weapons systems in the East.

  • The two stayed together through the years, even attempting to be lovers once, though they quickly realized theirs was a relationship of brother and sister.

  • Garibaldi and a few followers, including his devoted wife Anita, after vainly attempting to reach Venice, where the tricolor still floated, took refuge in the pine forests of Ravenna; the Austrians were seeking him in all directions, and most of his legionaries were captured and shot.

  • She clung to one of the warriors, attempting to climb him as the cat-like critter-- convinced it was a game-- wagged its tail and chased her around the large man in the center of the room.

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  • air-shot
  • snatch-and-run
  • third-party plaintiff
  • rainmaking
  • grand-theft-auto
  • Columbus

Words near Attempting in the Thesaurus

  • Attalea funifera
  • attains
  • attaint
  • attar
  • attempt
  • attempted
  • attempting
  • attempts
  • attend
  • attendance
  • attendances
  • attendant
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