His attempts met with early resistance, and he abandoned the project.

Another attempt to assert control of her own life story has met with less success.

An attempt to restore her in the 1970s met with financial difficulties.

This try was unsuccessful, but a second attempt met with success 10 August 1858.

My attempts to laugh the incident off met with no success.

Recent attempts to travel the full road have met with varying results.

Perhaps that explained why, thus far, his attempts to win her back had met with nothing but failure.

Its attempts to move to a new headquarters in recent years has met with some controversy.

My attempts to get presidential attention for education issues have met a similar fate.

Every attempt to pursue the campaign for independence met with violence.