EFFORT in a Sentence

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For EFFORT, below is one of 387 sentences:
She looked up at him languidly, as though her lids were weighted with sleep and it cost her an effort to raise them.

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 Meanings and Examples of EFFORT
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
effort
 n.  exertion of strength or power, whether physical or mental, in performing an act or aiming at an object
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  He became suddenly conscious that he was looking at Mattie while Zeena talked to him, and with an effort he turned his eyes to his wife.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In III
2  She looked up at him languidly, as though her lids were weighted with sleep and it cost her an effort to raise them.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In V
3  Ethan roused himself with an effort and opened the door.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VII
4  It was a wonderful day for Charles, a dream day, and he had fallen in love with Scarlett with no effort at all.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
5  "Mother, you've still got me," said Phil, in a forlorn effort at comforting the white-faced woman beside him.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
6  He wheezed and started, but he walked so slowly as she turned him into the road she knew she could walk faster herself with no effort whatever.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
7  From the wagon the faint wailing sounded again and Gerald seemed to rouse himself with an effort.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
8  Scarlett with an effort lifted her head on her aching neck.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
9  Merely holding herself erect required an effort of will power and she talked as briefly as possible, dispensing with the usual forms of courtesy her mother had always taught her to use with negroes.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXV
10  Scarlett knew the effort this involved both mentally and physically, for Melanie suffered torments of shyness in the presence of anything male.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVIII
11  He made an effort at dignity, despite his anger.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXII
12  "He's no friend of mine," said Scarlett with an effort.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIII
13  She was writing busily, her face screwed up with the effort, her tongue clamped between her teeth, when the front door opened and a great draft of cold wind swept the store.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
14  The town was roaring--wide open like a frontier village, making no effort to cover its vices and sins.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVII
15  Scarlett looked at her, her brow wrinkling with the effort to digest the words.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XL
Example Sentence: (177 in 12 pages)
16  I can't take all the credit for the show's success-it was a team effort.
17  Despite fierce competition she made a gallant effort to win the first medal of the championships.
18  A united effort is always more effective than an isolated complaint.
19  It takes a lot of thought and effort and downright determination to be agreeable.
20  Bitter pills may have wholesome effort.
21  Winning the match was just reward for the effort the team had made.
22  The invention is a collective effort.
23  It was a real team effort - everyone contributed something to the success of the project.
24  We should spare no effort to beautify our environment.
25  Painstaking effort, three words, a name, a hard, a called function, must keep up your spirits, work hard.
26  We must amplify our effort by working a lot harder.
27  They've put in time and effort to keep the strike going.
28  He made no effort to hide his disappointment.
29  With an effort, he restrained himself.
30  The report was a joint effort.