Nixon tried to stonewall through Watergate by ignoring it, but it didn't work.とは 意味・読み方・使い方

Nixon stonewalled the Watergate investigation

In 1605 Guy Fawkes tried to destroy Parliament by means of explosives, but his plan was foiled.

Tom spent fifteen minutes trying to pry open the drawer with a crowbar, but he couldn't get it opened.

The autocrat strove in vain to deal with the awkward situation.

Tom tried to hide the evidence, but it was too late.

He turned the bottle upside down and shook it, but still the honey wouldn't come out.

John tried in vain to solve the problem.

I tried to make him confess to his relationship with her, but he managed to evade my questions.

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We pushed the rock hard in vain.

He tried hard, yet he could not succeed.

The autocrat strove in vain to deal with the situation.

For all his attempts to win her affection John got nowhere.

She made an effort at joking but it fell quite flat.

I tried to talk him out of the project, but in vain.

At the press conference the President denied having made a secret treaty with the enemy.

Richard Nixon dropped from public attention.

But for the support of the public, the President could not have survived the revolt.

The President stonewalled when he realized the plot was being uncovered by a journalist

They tried very hard to suppress the scandal, but failed to do so [but without success, but in vain].

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Dick tried to solve the problem, in vain.

Dick tried in vain to solve that problem.

Dick tried to solve that problem, but he couldn't.

Dick tried to solve the problem in vain.

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He failed in his attempt to swim the river.

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I tried to attract his attention, but failed.