Sentence examples for a characteristic effort from inspiring English sources
In other words, it was a characteristic effort by Mr. Yorke.
It is a characteristic effort by a man who spent three decades in the treacherous waters of French financial policy making.
It was a beautifully taken goal - a characteristic effort by that player - but rather lucky in the way a rebound had run out in United's favour.
On Tuesday night at Birdland, in the first set of a five-night run, Quest put forth a characteristic effort, slashing through original music and some tunes from the repertory of the 1960s-vintage Miles Davis Quintet.
This was a characteristic effort, in other words, and a reminder of why, though they don't get enough respect for it, the Devils for the last 25 years have been the most successful, best-run sports franchise in the New York area.
He moved to Sibford Ferris, on the Cotswold hills, and, for two years, worked as a visiting professor at the Open University, an entirely characteristic effort to bring his learning to a wider audience.
His excuse -- that such action is up to Congress, not the White House -- was, like the claim that he was just upholding the law, a weak (and characteristic) effort to shift the blame.
It was a characteristic American effort, full of resolve instead of beauty, with defenders hustling, sliding, diving, heading away crosses, not giving Rooney many touches on the ball or space to operate.
Many of his acolytes, who turned vehemently against the war, lamented his characteristic effort to find the middle ground.
Some pieces are departures from an artist's characteristic efforts, like "The Last Photograph I Took of Crow," a large photograph of a black cat of advanced age, by Eileen Quinlan, who is known for far more abstract camera work.
As one might expect of a farmers market in Santa Monica, there are characteristic efforts to reach out to the elderly and the homeless.
