Antonyms for attemptedat·tempt·ed

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1. attemptedadjective

   tried unsuccessfully

   "attempted murder"

   Antonyms:
   successful

How to use attempted in a sentence?

1. Houston Police Commander Michael Collins:

   Preliminary information suggests there was a brief pursuit. The officers attempted to initiate a traffic stop. The suspect did not stop.

2. Ben Carson on Thursday:

   One of the ones where I threw a rock and broke someone's glasses, that occurred when I was maybe about 7 or 8. The stabbing, attempted stabbing incident occurred when I was 13 or 14, the -- what's another incident? trying to hit my mother in the head with a hammer, that was around the same time as the stabbing incident.

3. Diosdado Cabello:

   They will have to pay before the courts for the failed coup that they attempted.

4. Justin Bramberg:

   This idea that Alex Murdaugh has never attempted to flee – that's a skewed view of reality here. Suicide is the ultimate attempt to flee, the money that was misappropriated and stolen from them wasn't just fun money, it wasn't just 'I'm going to go to Las Vegas and gamble' money. This was money that was supposed to be used to compensate them for injuries, so that they could afford medical care.

5. Frederic Hof:

   This all adds up to attempted containment - getting through 2016 until it becomes someone else's problem.

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