She wasn't attempting to speak now, but simply staring at him as if he'd lost his mind.

His device was attempting to speak for him, but in our words.

He had even been known to attempt to speak the language.

Each time she attempted to speak, he cut her off.

I wish to hear no more of this, and do not ever attempt to speak directly with me again.

Both movies attempt to speak to us about American life.

I attempted to speak, but the words died away on my lips.

He tried to get an explanation, attempting to speak with the girl when she went home from work in the evening.

You asked the reason for my fear, and I attempted to speak of it.

"Had she truly attempted to speak with me, I would not have turned away from her."