"Wilson's Ghost" is a courageous attempt to tackle the most crucial issues of our time.

The first is his courageous attempt to de-emphasize the negative aspects of ancient Jewish life that appear in the Bible.

Dragging her hands through her hair, she made a courageous attempt to sit up.

What had been the outcome of Duare's courageous attempt to escape?

He recalled Belan's doomed but courageous attempt at escape.

I made a still more courageous attempt.

I think this might be one of the most courageous attempts to present the 'Emperor' simply as a human being.

Risking their lives, they communicate this vital information to British Intelligence in a courageous attempt to liberate the occupied Netherlands.

I think the Saryusz-Wolski report was a courageous attempt to go for it.

It's a courageous attempt, but at a time when horror movies have achieved new levels in blatancy, it may prove too slight for the genre audience.