valiant effort

Example Sentences

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Busch, who tragically died at 41 on Thursday from an undetermined illness, turned in a valiant effort in 2014, finishing sixth in the Indy 500 despite having limited experience in IndyCar.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

“That was a valiant effort on our part,” Miami coach Jim Larranaga said.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 26, 2024

Despite the valiant effort from otters against climate change, they are not immune to it.

From Salon • Jan. 23, 2024

A new staging presented by Bedlam makes a valiant effort to adapt Stoppard’s cerebral probes into chaos theory, Newtonian law, thermodynamics and metaphysics for a 2023 audience, but the result is a muddled one.

From New York Times • Nov. 17, 2023

It was a valiant effort, but it had failed—and as they turned around to descend, Hall’s chances for survival all but vanished.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer