This album was Sinatra's first tentative attempt to come to terms with rock and roll music.

He made a tentative attempt to reach the water.

She made a tentative attempt to repeat his last word.

Ryan made a tentative attempt to count the number of people he'd called friends who'd gone to buy the farm.

She recognized Emmet's tentative attempts at comfort, but paid them no mind.

It was a performance that could not have been more different from Dayne's stumbling, tentative attempts in goal-line situations a year ago.

He made a tentative attempt to do some exploring, at least, to the east.

She flushed a painful-looking scarlet, and made a tentative attempt to remove her hands from his.

He also made some tentative attempts at Cubism in a few cityscapes.

After a couple of tentative attempts to restart operations, it was finally closed in 1981.