His doctoring of the receipts was a desperate attempt to cover up theft.
His taunt was a desperate attempt to conceal his own insecurities and vulnerabilities.
His desperate attempt to impress people turned him into a laughing stock.
Last, desperate attempt to prove your pet theory.
Facing imminent capture, the criminal made a desperate attempt to abscond.
Ante la inminente captura, el delincuente hizo un intento desesperado de escapar.
This is a desperate attempt to respond to and control rising social discontent.
Este es un intento desesperado de reaccionar y controlar el creciente descontento social.
In a desperate attempt to change the subject this is a good one.
En un intento desesperado por cambiar de tema, este es bueno.
They used their connections in a desperate attempt to locate her.
Ellos utilizaron sus contactos en un intento desesperado de localizarla.
That was a desperate attempt to keep your company a little longer.
Fue un intento desesperado para estar contigo un poco más.
Remodeling is the body's desperate attempt to repair the heart.
La remodelación es el intento desesperado del cuerpo de reparar el corazón.
A desperate attempt to prologue her being alive without really living.
Un intento desesperado de prolongar su vida sin que ella realmente estuviese viviendo.
The sabre-rattling tactics were seen as a desperate attempt to assert dominance.
Las tácticas de intimidación militar se vieron como un intento desesperado de afirmar su dominio.
A last minute desperate attempt to achieve the peak of our potential.
Un intento desesperado de último minuto para alcanzar el máximo de nuestro potencial.