It was a spirited attempt that failed.

The Great God Om waxed wroth, or at least made a spirited attempt.

A spirited attempt to save a marriage had resulted in a detour into deepest Polynesia on the part of the almost-ex and me.

The answer quickly emerged: make a spirited attempt to hold on to it.

She was, in fact, a torch lighting the way to social change, embracing a "controversial lifestyle in a spirited attempt at self-definition."

It opened in November 1957 to lackluster reviews, despite its spirited attempt to capture the gritty flavor of the garment district.

Young sycamores were making a spirited attempt to take over the courtyard.

She was making a spirited attempt to tip the pram up when I came in.

I don't say he didn't make a spirited attempt to cross my threshold, for he did.

'There,' he said to Gern, whose shoulderblades were making a spirited attempt to dig their way through the wall.