Examples of 'attempt to recapture' in a sentence

Meaning of "attempt to recapture"

Attempt to recapture: To try and regain or reacquire something that was lost, taken, or slipped away

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attempt to recapture
They will attempt to recapture their ship.
This is all starting to feel like a sad attempt to recapture our youth.
Attempt to recapture them when they do.
There is no longer an attempt to recapture the monster alive.
Later that day, the military conducted a counter-attack in an attempt to recapture the town.
The next day the Army made an attempt to recapture the hill which was unsuccessful.
Rather than retreat, Timoshenko 's armies would stand their ground and attempt to recapture Smolensk.
The English expected an attempt to recapture Paris or an attack on Normandy.
In the following year he made an unsuccessful attempt to recapture Budva.
Companies attempt to recapture the leakage, but do not recapture it all.
He goes out in disguise in an attempt to recapture his youth.
Hannibal 's attempt to recapture the town is foiled by the appearance of Scipio 's army.
He prepared to send more troops to Guadalcanal in another attempt to recapture the airfield.
It 's just a desperate attempt to recapture something long gone, like putting lipstick on a coma patient.
Hyakutake prepared to send more troops to Guadalcanal for another attempt to recapture Henderson Field.
A subsequent attempt to recapture it by rebel forces led by Red Hugh O'Donnell failed.
The Japanese immediately began to prepare for their next attempt to recapture Henderson Field.
They also attempt to recapture the fading traditions of the European shtetl ( village ).
In May Sverre launched his attempt to recapture Trøndelag.
The battle of Rio Nuevo was the last Spanish attempt to recapture Jamaica.
Multiple rebel counter-attacks in an attempt to recapture Umm Qara hill were eventually repelled.
I do not know, this is all starting to feel like a sad attempt to recapture our youth.
Rebel forces halted a Syrian Army attempt to recapture the strategic town of Maarrat al-Nu'man.
Because of this failure, the Japanese cancelled their next planned attempt to recapture Henderson Field.
Lacoste moved upmarket in an attempt to recapture its " elite " status.
On 31 March, al-Nusra launched a counterattack in an attempt to recapture the town.
Finally, Van Dorn ordered Breckinridge to attempt to recapture Baton Rouge, Louisiana, from federal forces.
However, Tang forces were still not making a true attempt to recapture Chang'an by this point.
The Blue faction later made an attempt to recapture the Cosmic Cube.
That is Jaguar's embarrassing attempt to recapture their own design.
Meanwhile, loyalists made a poorly organized attempt to recapture Addis Ababa on 28 July.
In 1086 Tatikios was sent to Nicaea in an attempt to recapture it from the Seljuks.
Hyakutake sent more troops to Guadalcanal for another attempt to recapture Henderson Field . [ 74 ].

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