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Sentences with effort

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  • He made no effort to hide his disappointment.
  • She took a deep breath and sat up slowly and with great effort.
  • Unfortunately, because of this false misconception, little effort is made to develop effective listening skills.
  • Some are easy and fun to deal with and others require a bit more effort to meet the needs that they believe they have.
  • ...a famine relief effort in Angola.
  • Even carrying the camcorder while hiking in the forest was an effort.
  • Most important thing in your effort to position high your web site in Google and other search engines.
  • Could a conscious effort to improve one's curiosity also improve happiness levels as well?
  • The rock was moved with effort
  • Our effort to save him failed
  • Effort implies a conscious attempt to achieve a particular end [make some effort to be friendly]; exertion implies an energetic, even violent, use of power, strength, etc., often without reference to any particular end [she feels faint after any exertion]; endeavor suggests an earnest, sustained attempt to accomplish a particular, usually meritorious, end [a life spent in the endeavor to do good]; pains (see pain, n. 5) suggests a laborious, diligent attempt [to take pains with one's work]
  • A great literary effort
  • It will take great effort to achieve victory.
  • An effort to keep to the schedule.
  • I thought it would be easy, but it was an effort.
  • The painting is one of his finest efforts.
  • The war effort.
  • It took a lot of effort to find a decent-sized, fully-furnished apartment within walking distance of the office.    He made a conscious effort to not appear affected by the stories in the paper.
  • Although he didn't win any medals, Johnson's effort at the Olympics won over many fans.
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