Sentences with effort
ef·fort
E e - 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.