Rita was making one of her vague attempts to tidy it up.

Thin brown hair lay sideways across his skull in vague attempt to cloak a bald spot.

The guns of a dozen huge armored vehicles were trained on him without even a vague attempt to be discreet about their caution.

Above ground the remains of the terminus were cleared away in stages between 1957 and 1960 after a vague attempt at restoration was aborted.

As usual, the English used and the vague attempts to substantiate their allegations made the lessons ineffective.

A vague attempt to think of home produced nothing.

The deal made vague attempts at curbing government deficits this year and next but delayed most of the pain until 1995.

He was making a vague attempt to keep tabs on the 39 people in his care but had lost them in the crowd.

A vague attempt of expanding the tiny kitchen was made before the flood of 1986.

He doesn't look like scoring for a second, takes it too wide in a vague attempt to get around Hart.