Sentence examples for abandon effort from inspiring English sources

The rather brilliant and incredibly wise Jenny Downham (author of Before I Die and Unbecoming) passed on this excellent piece of advice – abandon effort and treat writing like fly-fishing instead of weight lifting.

Faced with it, they typically abandon efforts to cope and simply abandon their homes.

17 March: The US, Britain and Spain abandon efforts to get international endorsement for war.

City Hall officials warned the unions yesterday not to abandon efforts to reach a deal on labor savings.

The whale has not been seen since rough seas forced rescuers to abandon efforts to cut it free on Friday.

The glassware maker Libbey Inc. announced yesterday that it would abandon efforts to acquire a rival, Anchor Hocking, for $332 million.

But the mine is unstable, and rescue workers had to abandon efforts to dig past the main cave-in and down a ventilation shaft.

The company said it would close its largest European research center, in Sandwich, Britain, by 2013, and abandon efforts there in allergy and respiratory drugs.

"I am convinced that the best course for policymakers would be to abandon efforts for a 'one size fits all' approach to mortgage lending," she said.

But Aerion reckons that a far better approach is to abandon efforts to reduce the sonic boom and fly supersonic only over water.

Western leaders have stepped up pressure on Russia to abandon efforts to annex Ukraine's Crimea region or face sanctions.