Sentence examples of "attempt" in English with translation "tenter"

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He is too much of a coward to attempt it. Il est trop peureux pour le tenter.
What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail? Que tenteriez-vous si vous saviez que vous ne pouviez pas échouer ?
Every time I attempt to teach myself C++, I get stuck on pointers. À chaque fois que je tente d'apprendre par moi-même le C++, je me retrouve coincé avec les pointeurs.
They attempted to assassinate the president. Ils ont tenté d'assassiner le président.
He attempted to swim across the river. Il a tenté de traverser la rivière à la nage.
That poet attempted suicide in their library. Ce poète tenta de se suicider dans leur bibliothèque.
You cannot achieve the impossible without attempting the absurd. On ne peut pas accomplir l'impossible sans tenter l'absurde.
No extremely fat man has ever attempted such a thing. Aucun homme extrêmement gros n'a jamais tenté une telle chose.
Mary was attempting to push the words toward the other end of the sentence in order to dump Tom. Mary tentait de pousser les mots vers l'autre extrémité de la phrase pour faire tomber Tom.
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