After this important conquest he returned to the army in Spain, where an unsuccessful attempt to surprise Tortosa, finished the operations of the campaign.
In the month of June, general Laudohn made an unsuccessful attempt to carry Glatz by assault; but he succeeded better in his next enterprise.
The next session was chiefly remarkable for an unsuccessful attempt to reduce the Pension List.
An unsuccessful attempt on Adare was the only other military event in which the Earl bore a part; he wintered in Aharlow, where his Christmas was rather that of an outlaw than of the Lord Palatine of Desmond.
In 192 they wasted themselves in an unsuccessful attempt to secure Sparta.
The same year the two brothers made an unsuccessful attempt to relieve Mercia from the pressure of the Danes.
The whole of the 14th was occupied in an unsuccessful attemptto find an opening in the ice to the westward, which remained perfectly close and compact, with a bright iceblink over it.
Unsuccessful Attempt to penetrate the Ice to the Western Coast.
After anunsuccessful attempt to repair the breach the Dutch general resolved to ford the latter.
After an unsuccessful attempt to carry a Reform Bill, Flood retired, to a great degree, from Irish public life, and not long afterwards succeeded in getting a seat in the English Parliament.
Bredouille Revenir bredouille = (of sportsmen) To return with an empty bag; To have made an unsuccessful attempt; To return disappointed.
Unsuccessful attempt by the British under admiral Knowles on St. Jago de Cuba.
Others of the party came in without success; some had shot at a buffalo, others had got a sight of one, and at two of the crossings the line was broken temporarily by an unsuccessful attempt to kill an animal, but without hurting him.
Buffalo were still plenty upon Fremont's route, and the Indians with him made an unsuccessful attempt to lasso the leader of a drove of wild horses, which they passed.
After an unsuccessful attempt to involve the other commissioners in the same exclusion, this declaration was transmitted to them while they were expecting an answer to a remonstrance on the detention of the army of General Burgoyne.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "unsuccessful attempt" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
