attempt

but, as the door opened inwards, and Alices elbow was pressed hard against it, that attempt proved a failure. 🔊

Ive so often read in the newspapers, at the end of trials, “There was some attempts at applause, which was immediately suppressed by the officers of the court,” and I never understood what it meant till now.’ 🔊

The jury all wrote down on their slates, ‘She doesn’t believe theres an atom of meaning in it,’ but none of them attempted to explain the paper. 🔊

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