Efforts

Examples

• I cordially invite you, sir, to second my efforts in the sacred interests of the family. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• But in spite of their efforts to be as cheery as larks, the flutelike voices did not seem to chord as well as usual, and all felt out of tune. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Many efforts have been made to overcome this defect, but as yet with only partial success. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• And if there were, they had no recording scribes to embalm their efforts in history. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• It seemed to me that he was making desperate efforts to restrain a convulsive attack of laughter. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• My Dear: I write a little word to tell you with how much satisfaction I watch your efforts to control your temper. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• All their efforts had been directed to make her mother's room comfortable. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• His efforts were so vigorous, I thought he could not be much hurt; but I asked him the question-- Are you injured, sir? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• While failure is sometimes the outcome of the water-finder’s attempts, success as often and, indeed, according to the testimony of Professor Barrett, more often crowns his efforts. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The Chartered Gas Company, established by Mr. Winsor's persevering efforts, has served as the guiding star to all other gas companies in the world. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• This heavy oil engine, weighing about five hundred pounds per horse-power, was not adapted to the submarine, and efforts have been made to decrease the weight. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• It is not surprising that so many political inventions have been made within these movements, fostered by them, and brought to a general public notice through their efforts. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• He was seated on the ice, making spasmodic efforts to smile; but anguish was depicted on every lineament of his countenance. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• He also sent out detachments to destroy the railroad between Petersburg and Richmond, but no great success attended these latter efforts. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• In the overcoming of difficulties he has the same intellectual pleasure as the chess-master when confronted with a problem requiring all the efforts of his skill and experience to solve. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• So frantic were their efforts to escape from the unseen thing behind me that one of the braves was hurled headlong from the cliff to the rocks below. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• The evils from which society suffers are set down to the efforts of misguided individuals to transgress these boundaries. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• And in our own efforts to shape policies we do not seek out what is worth doing: we seek out what will pass for moral, practical, popular or constitutional. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Margaret was more successful than Mr. Hale in her efforts. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Then, too, it served as a cover for other efforts which gave a better prospect of success. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• I was released at last, not by my own efforts, but by Sir Percival's interposition. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Both efforts were failures and were not renewed. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• In line with the development of the steam engine must be considered the efforts to economize fuel. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Regretting that all my efforts for alleviating the sufferings of wounded men left upon the battle-field have been rendered nugatory, I remain, &c. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• I paced the streets by night and day, but until two hours ago, all my efforts were fruitless, and I never saw you for an instant. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Two of the foremost instantly fell, and the rest gave way notwithstanding all their leader's efforts to stop them. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• I passed the night entirely without rest, in spite of all the efforts I made to recover my spirits. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• A few efforts at irregular turning had been made before, but in the arts generally only circular forms had been turned. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Yes; this is one of my best efforts. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• The man's body, strung to its efforts, vibrated strongly. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .

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