Agreed to my $300-a-day fee without any attempt at negotiating?

The Russians could have taken us by surprise now, without any attempt on our part to intercept them.

The author tells the world what he knows in very concise language, without any attempt to produce an interesting story.

But the night passed away without any fresh attempt on the part of my persecutor.

"Many reporters published half truths without any detailed attempt to get the rest of it."

We are to simply lie down and die without any attempt to save ourselves?

They were marching straight down the main path, without any attempt at secrecy.

Stress has been mentioned several times already in this course without any attempt to define what the word means.

These must be enumerated without any attempt at connecting them.

The supper passed off without any attempt at a general conversation.