Sentence examples for a troubled effort from inspiring English sources
The phrase "a troubled effort" is correct and usable in written English
It can be used to describe an attempt or endeavor that has faced difficulties or challenges. Example: "Despite the team's dedication, it became clear that it was a troubled effort to meet the project deadline."
The events on Sunday appeared to again place in jeopardy a troubled effort by American officials to unite General Musharraf and Ms. Bhutto in an alliance to combat members of Al Qaeda and the Taliban who operate out of the country's rugged northwest area adjoining Afghanistan.
* A troubled effort to create a secret U.S. capability that would be similar to the "hit squads" deployed by Israel's Mossad and other spy agencies.
On Wednesday, as he was arriving at his office in a residential area of turbulent Peshawar, he was shot and killed by gunmen, becoming the most prominent casualty of an increasingly troubled effort to use economic aid to undercut the hold of Al Qaeda and the Taliban on Pakistan's tribal areas.
The troubled effort to build a Southern interracial democracy out of the ashes of the Civil War was over.
After bringing the 101st home, he returned to Iraq to take charge of the troubled effort to build a new army and police force.
Clarke relates Coleman's grandly transformative multimedia projects (including one involving satellite transmissions) to her own; his troubled effort to rehabilitate a Lower East Side building highlights the free-flowing connection of art and life.
The power plants could also boost a troubled reconstruction effort in Iraq.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti As the focus on Saturday turned away from Haitians lost to those trying to survive, a sprawling assembly of international officials and aid workers struggled to fix a troubled relief effort after Tuesday's devastating earthquake.
Bixi systems have been installed in a number of other cities, including Washington, Boston, Chicago and San Francisco, but now the troubled effort is reporting over $45 million in debt and may be on its way out.
The furious response in Ankara was the latest setback for the White House's troubled effort to extricate 2,000 American troops from Syria — a withdrawal that President Trump announced suddenly last month without a detailed plan to implement it.
After leaving his second Iraq tour in 2005 -- he was a division commander during the 2003 invasion and then headed the troubled effort to train Iraqi security forces -- Petraeus took the unusual step of leading the Combined Arms Center at Ft. Leavenworth, where the Army educates its mid-career officers.
