What a pity it had not yet been attempted seriously.

Integration has never been seriously attempted in the North, much less "had its day."

Since Bull's death, few have seriously attempted to build a space gun.

For instance, America is the only country that has seriously attempted to measure children's drama.

A great many years had passed since anyone had seriously attempted that.

To the church's credit it has never seriously attempted to rewrite this side of its history.

This short film attracted enough attention to encourage him to seriously attempt a career as a filmmaker.

She began writing as a young child, but didn't seriously attempt publication until 1999, when she met with an editor.

August Choisy was perhaps the first author to seriously attempt to undertake such a study.

Orwell felt that, by and large, the working class accepted their circumstances without seriously attempting to improve them.