Phrases with «frantic attempt»

The phrase "frantic attempt" means a very hurried and desperate effort to do something. Full definition

Sentences with «frantic attempt»

  • Despite frantic attempts by the Tory leadership to salvage the boundary review it seems very unlikely that it'll proceed. (conservativehome.blogs.com)
  • In The Fidelity of Betrayal, Rollins goes on to criticize the Western Church's almost frantic attempt at «closing over this traumatic rent in the text» by affirming some biblical narratives over others and by explaining away passages that are inconsistent with favored narratives. (rachelheldevans.com)
  • The film's essentially a political procedural, following the almost - frantic attempts of the Lincoln White House to finally, once and for all, eliminate slavery in America. (birthmoviesdeath.com)
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