brief attempt

With Trump’s rise to power, Petro made a brief attempt at avoiding confrontation, but that seems to have vanished.

It was the last time, despite Campbell's brief attempt, that Celtic and Rangers stars played in the same team.

After a brief attempt to revive the firm, Mr. Mashinsky resigned in September.

There was a brief attempt by Alston supporters to keep the chair, but it became moot.

After a brief attempt at becoming a professional Australian rules football player in 1988, he went to train at the Australian Cricket Academy in Adelaide and made his first-class debut in 1991.