Attempt and Drive

Attempt

Attempt verb - To make an effort to do.

Drive and attempt are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Drive" instead a verb "Attempt".

Nearby Words: attempted, attempting

Drive

Drive verb - To urge, push, or force onward.

Attempt and drive are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Attempt" instead a verb "Drive".

Nearby Words: driving, driven, driver, driveway

How words are described

human human attempt human drive
long long attempt long drive
similar similar attempt similar drive
complete complete attempt complete drive
Other adjectives: initial, single, actual, entire, big, little, new, major, final, desperate, next, last, insane.

Common collocations

power attempt power drive power
people attempt people drive people
plot attempt plot drive plot
time attempt time drive time
Other words: times.

Both words in one sentence

  • Interplay of Sex and Violence Parrish, in an attempt to prevent her Eskaalim from driving her Ax-Crazy, learns to substitute sex when it tries to drive her to violence.
  • Series / Canada's Worst Driver While Sholom did poorly in his final drive, and Polly even worse, Jillian proved unable to even attempt her final drive, which ended up causing her to be named the worst.
  • Loud of War Occasionally happens at protests or similar situations, as competing sides attempt to drown each other out - and may even be a deliberate attempt to cause disruption to communication or drive away business while using the shelter of free speech.
    Source: Loud of War
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