level best
Example Sentences
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He’s distracted when he decides to race a comet: “We roared and thundered along side by side, both doing our level best, because I’d never struck a comet before that could lay over me.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
But Bondi did her level best, opening investigations and trying to get charges filed.
From Salon ● Apr. 6, 2026
"It is clear from the evidence that the three of them were trying their level best not to run afoul of the law," he said.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2025
But he wasn’t dogmatic in any way, he was just trying to do his level best, you know, to do justice.
From Slate ● May 9, 2025
Methuselah tried his level best to act tough.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
