Sentence examples for a subtle effort from inspiring English sources

It's not as if this were a subtle effort.

Today, Payton defended himself with a subtle effort to explain the chancy nature of his assignment.

On the surface this was an attempt to stir up the ancient unease about interracial dating, but beneath that was a subtle effort to discourage the most reliably Democratic voting bloc — black women — by reminding them of Ford's catholic dating tastes.

People made a subtle effort to calm our joys, or very bluntly told us to put our celebrating on hold, until we were in the second trimester.

But others glimpse a more subtle effort to liberalise Qatar's local culture.

While this effort may not be evident from Mr. Bush's national advertising, it is taking place in a more subtle effort.

Religious zealots have resorted to posting cutouts of the Quran or Biblical Testaments to the exclusion of more comprehensive readings in a not subtle effort to project Divine authority.

A subtle attempt at manipulation?

Recently it was able to turn aside a not very subtle effort by the conservative clerics on the Council of Guardians to suppress voting, especially by the young.

The production's clever and immediately gratifying, twisting Keys's vocals around narcotic electric piano lines, a surprisingly textured and subtle effort for the genre of R&B-sampling R&B-sampling.

While not much happens in terms of plot or drama, this subtle effort is a breath of fresh air in an industry that is constantly trying to hard.