Sentence examples for a casual effort from inspiring English sources

A swipe of that magnitude was not a casual effort.

McKeon told the Marlins he would not accept a casual effort and made the clubhouse off limits to players during games.

Doran hit a casual effort past Forster after good work from Richie Foran in injury time but Celtic's fans were already set to party.  .

8. BAR BOULUD This relatively casual effort from Daniel Boulud doesn't get everything right, but for its outstanding charcuterie, an exemplary wine list and scattered other delights, it deserves big applause.

"A prisoner of it, in truth, and some of his most casual efforts were so successful that audiences demanded them 20 years and more after Duke thought he had finished with them".

I looked it over and made casual efforts to pull together some of my own poems.

"I stuffed envelopes for politicians when I was a teenager," Mrs. Minner said, describing how a similarly casual volunteer effort led her to obtain an office job with Sherman W. Tribbitt, a state legislator whom she followed to the governor's office when he was elected to it in 1972.

"I went into the interview very nervous, and the governor really put me at ease, engaging in what was really a casual conversation with no effort at any 'gotcha' questions," said Thomas R. Suozzi, the Nassau County executive.

The supple brushwork, careful spacing and fine paper, meanwhile, remind us that even a casual, pragmatic missive took some effort.

Though container tomatoes will need more attention when it comes to watering to keep the soil and roots wet, pruning them does not require any more effort than a casual pluck here and there as you spend an evening sitting on the patio.

Up in the press box, I'd noticed a casual disdain for the initial efforts to sanitize the game as the referees tossed yellow flag after yellow flag.