The Pirates made 11 of 32 3-point attempts while making token attempts to get the ball in close.

At first, we'll make a token attempt to communicate with the drogues, and we hope you'll be able to assist us.

The college made a token attempt to keep the girls under control, but the rules, she discovered, were openly ignored by the students.

When they finally did reach my room, they didn't bother making even a token attempt to pay attention to me.

Wolverine was no longer making even a token attempt at slipping up unnoticed.

And now here he was, without even a token attempt at deception or concealment.

Few of the quake-battered towns and cities made more than token attempts to resist.

Rom was hoping that the nay vote might at least make a token attempt.

The monster wasn't making even a token attempt to stop us.

We shut down the drum in a token attempt to reduce our vulnerable allotment of moving parts.