best effort
Example Sentences
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Lewis Hall crashed a strike off the crossbar with Newcastle's best effort.
From Barron's ● Dec. 26, 2025
The British pair had the advantage of diving first throughout and put in their best effort of the competition to apply the pressure.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2024
Depsite her best effort, that scene has followed Williams ever since, spiraling from internet memes and sports talk debate to serious NFL front-office conversations about his future.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 2024
“It’s time to get to work and it’s time to give our best effort tomorrow.”
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 1, 2024
I make my best effort to lighten the mood.
From "Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon
