Sentence examples for an effort to master from inspiring English sources

I ought to make an effort to master a grown-up writer, not idly but with concentration, following the plot and remembering who all the characters were.

"I became a student again," said Mr. Arsham, who watched rehearsals and went to see the Merce Cunningham Dance Company at the Joyce Theater several times in an effort to master a new medium.

At first glance, the project appears to showcase more clearly just how greatness requires, as Amaral notes, one "to be energized, resourced and connected enough to overcome comfort and familiarity in an effort to master the art of living an energy-rich life".

My weekend classes at Yoga Zone are a midlife effort to master a discipline I have tried a dozen times before.

Since then, said Mr. Hammond of the Sunshine Project, government documents show that Washington has begun a new effort to master nonlethal chemicals.

The symbolism takes a small effort to master, but once mastered, the notation affords quick insight into the structure of formulas.

Although most of his studies were completed in English, he took a special effort to master Sinhalese and the Sri Lankan culture.

Since then, social scientists have found evidence supporting Hayes's theory in studies of chess, sports, and more; research continues to show that it takes innate talent and about a decade of concentrated effort to master a craft.

"What's wrong with this picture?" Mr. Obama's effort to master a plain-spoken and blunt language that extends back centuries in Pennsylvania is accompanied by no small stakes.

While both applications are designed to be easy to use from the start, they are very feature rich and will require a great deal of focused effort to master them.

Now, that assertion has been thrown into doubt by a surprising reversal: the conclusion, contained in the declassified summary of a new National Intelligence Estimate on Iran's nuclear programs, that Iran's effort to master the technology of building a nuclear weapon had halted two years before those briefings.