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Our inept attempts at words only run to lists, costs, to assessing blame.

Actually, the FBI thought that was a rather inept attempt.

He thought of the red-faced policeman whose inept attempts at law enforcement made him laugh.

He often makes inept attempts to impress her.

Their inept attempts to foil his thefts appear altogether too incompetent.

Dole's few inept attempts to live up to his publicity as a mad slasher were simply embarrassing.

When confronted by his father, Studs runs away from home, and makes a comically inept attempt at armed robbery.

When I called on their services earlier this week, I had to reveal my inept attempt at putting up a clock in the kitchen.

When you discard the inept attempts to invest monarchy with personal glamour, plenty of solid advantages remain.

There are obvious and woefully inept attempts at literary flair that make the novel a tiresome read.

After a series of inept attempts by the team to seduce her, she finally relents to a date with Ron, culminating in a sexual relationship.

Two further inept attempts to damage Fiver B were foiled before any damage could occur.

The Union as it stands has little or no credibility and Cameron's inept attempts to stop a political juggernaut will end in dismal failure.

After several inept attempts at freeing him, Butch notices (and recognizes) Ollie through a bored hole.

Some more Mandarin, then some rather inept attempts at Cantonese when I kept shaking my head.

After several inept attempts to end his life - and bolstered by whiskey disguised as poison - he joins an expedition to capture an armadillo.

--in an inept attempt at seduction.

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He rarely won matches, and often cost Mad Blankey matches due to inept attempts at interfering on their behalf.

The film's shameless, inept attempt to wring our hearts is at odds with the stories, by Carol Bly, on which it is based.

Effort in Portugal Described The summary describes an inept attempt to secure landing rights in Portugal.

Morgan Ward's screenplay is like an inept attempt at a Giraudoux play or a John Patrick Shanley script.

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 19% 'rotten' rating with the consensus stating "An inept attempt at a romantic comedy aimed at 'Nsync fans."

Whether his behavior was an earnest, inept attempt to swish or a hateful mocking would be hard to say on short acquaintance, and short acquaintances were the only kind he had.

In his inept attempt to bring the "Santa" back to life, the angel causes the townspeople to be put under siege by brain-hungry zombies who arise from their burial spots.