effort
noun
Origin of effort
Synonyms for effort
Related Words for effort
training, attempt, power, intention, industry, creation, exercise, battle, production, struggle, push, force, endeavor, resolution, achievement, essay, shot, energy, strain, goExamples from the Web for effort
Contemporary Examples of effort
As part of that effort, Said received weapons training for months, sources told The Daily Beast.
The effort to sterilize his image first began when Epstein hired Los Angeles-based spin doctors Sitrick Co.
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Police Superintendent Michael Harrison said the decline was a result of an effort to decrease gang violence.
He was then literally slapped around by the high priest, who pulled on his ears in an effort to produce tears.
In an effort to gain early attention, he focused his attention on the Iowa precinct caucuses, which had never mattered much.
Historical Examples of effort
Making an effort to rise, he seemed surprised at his own weakness.
PhilotheaLydia Maria Child
The effort to make them "disgorge" is as continual as it is noisy, and, as a rule, futile.
'Tis Sixty Years SinceCharles Francis Adams
The young girl shrank from the effort, but the elder lady was inflexible.
MalboneThomas Wentworth Higginson
The principle involved in this effort is that of conservation.
He felt his own fist tingle as he returned the effort with interest.
Way of the LawlessMax Brand