This new batch were all younger, a not very subtle attempt to make her feel more comfortable.

"Come on," he said, laying his palm against her waist in a subtle attempt to change her direction.

Gram's subtle attempt to cheer me up had helped a little.

They could be subtle attempts, if you follow me.

Not even a subtle attempt at assassination- instead, overt and unsubtle.

This attempt, more subtle than my own, was equally fruitless.

She had made a subtle attempt to recruit Bosch as a source a few months earlier.

Is that a subtle attempt to distance yourself from this body?

Ash almost smiled at Dale's not so subtle attempts to extract information from him.

But more subtle attempts to bribe voters are proliferating.