maximum effort

Example Sentences

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To maximize results, aim to push your heart rate to around 90% of your maximum effort during the intense intervals, then allow yourself enough time to recover before the next one.

From Science Daily • Oct. 20, 2025

To get the most out of his wiry 6-foot-2 frame, he learned to throw with maximum effort on every pitch.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2024

Esposito puts in maximum effort, muscling out a performance that exhibits his full range of dramatic capability despite prosaic scripts stringing together phrases you’ve heard in other shows and movies, and not necessarily superior ones.

From Salon • Mar. 31, 2024

Every day, the researchers had the children do 15 minutes on the treadmill or stationary bike at about 50 percent of their maximum effort, then 10 minutes of drills for their respective sport.

From Slate • Mar. 17, 2024

I would have felt guilty if I didn’t give maximum effort, considering how hard my parents worked for us.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad