Where their partners control what they manage, women can find their attempts to meet health needs and financial commitments thwarted.

Searching her face for reactions, he found her attempts to assume the right expression almost comical.

However, her magic is lesser than Cat's, and she often finds her attempts at revenge disrupted by him.

In fact, she found his obvious attempts to make himself presentable rather touching.

An ex-army officer and do-gooder finds his attempts to improve the world leads invariably to disasters.

The statue had taken years to finish and he kept it hidden now, knowing how lacking the Dreamers would find his attempts.

In this book you'll find our attempts to answer some of the most interesting, taxing and bizarre questions asked on the Guardian site.

Finding their attempts to defend themselves provoking vicious retaliation, the colonists rapidly abandoned restraint.

I found her attempts to manipulate me amusing.

The movie failed to connect with audiences and many critics, who found his attempts to strike out in new, unexpected directions off-putting.