effortful
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The rigid roof panel helps attenuate the little engine’s effortful ringadingding, which loses its charm after hour four or so.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 23, 2026
Instead of becoming more automatic or habit-driven, the rats showed more deliberate and effortful decision-making.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 16, 2026
Either they’re not actually funny, or they get too in their head about being perceived as funny as they think they are, and the result is a guest-host turn that feels too effortful.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 8, 2024
And pulses can be perceived as inconvenient, effortful or difficult to cook.
From Salon ● Mar. 18, 2024
She smiled at him as they hauled themselves up it—a brief flash of teeth, effortful but gallant—and tried to wring the water from her clothes.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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