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
Fashion show: People continue to put in their best effort when it comes to their outfits - even on day four.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2025
Neither Trout nor any other player owes his team or the league anything more than his best effort on the field.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2025
Montenegro, who scored 11 goals in two home matches in December's window, struggled to create chances, with their best effort from play coming when Kuc tamely shot into the arms of Maddy Harvey-Clifford.
From BBC ● Feb. 23, 2024
Like Farmer, the captain and his troops were giving their best effort.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
