good effort

Example Sentences

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"I thought the bowlers gave a good effort and they never stopped trying," Chase said.

From Barron's • Dec. 22, 2025

Your overall top-four based on all the votes was still a pretty good effort, though.

From BBC • May 20, 2024

“This is the last one in Arizona for a little bit and we wanted to have a good effort, show that to the fans,” Coyotes forward Clayton Keller said.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 17, 2024

“Tonight was whole different story and we had a real good effort at the beginning, got the goals, played well.”

From Washington Times • May 10, 2023

Well, that covers rules one, two, four, five, and a good effort at rule eleven.

From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau