Attempting

You cannot achieve the impossible without attempting the absurd.

The company is attempting to stagger work hours.

An investors' group is attempting a leveraged buy-out of the firm.

He caught sight of a thief attempting to break into the house.

They're attempting to contact her.

Tom is attempting to climb the rock.

A body of researchers funded by Frito-Lay are attempting to compile a list of bite-size snack foods through which the body and blood of Christ can transubstantiate.

A linguistics student swallowed her own tongue after attempting the legendary glottal approximant.

Mary was attempting to push the words toward the other end of the sentence in order to dump Tom.

This is suicide. We shouldn't be attempting to do this.