make attempts

She wouldn't make any attempt to put me through school.

No one seemed to be making any attempt to keep order.

Why had they never made any attempt to understand the first thing about him?

How about making one more attempt at working with him?

He made one last attempt to put things right between them.

She made one more attempt to get through to him.

I can't leave without at least making one attempt to find out what's going on.

He made no attempt to find out who I was.

The little man made no attempt to keep his voice down.

As for him, he made no attempt to get to know her either.