In 1861, Lincoln expressed the fear that premature attempts at emancipation would mean the loss of the border states.

Anyway, I'm not risking anyone's life, my own included, in some premature attempt to regain control of the stores.

It's a simple, premature attempt at centralization of authority.

A second and perhaps more decisive factor was the government's premature, knee-jerk attempt to pin the blame on its own Basque citizenry without any proof.

With it, a premature but bold attempt at a transnational investment to gain more land ended.

Would you distress him in premature attempts to satisfy curiosity?

This impatience led to an overestimation of the potential for change and to premature and ill-fated attempts to force its pace.

The attempt had to be made before he lost his nerve, and yet the fear of what a premature attempt could mean held him paralyzed.

I will emphasize that any premature attempt to contact the Barrayaran could be very counterproductive.