Sentence examples for an effort to run from inspiring English sources

On match point, he did not make an effort to run for Ferrer's final winner.

ICIJ rebuilt some of the databases in an effort to run them in their original format.

Mr. Smith, a Democrat from Queens, was accused of conspiring to pay bribes to Republican leaders in an effort to run for New York City mayor in 2013.

Ms. Davis, wearing pink sneakers, stood for hours on the floor of the Senate in an effort to run out the clock before lawmakers could vote on the bill.

During his tenure he created and championed the "50 State Strategy," an effort to run competitive Democratic candidates in all states and at all levels of government to secure the long-term future of a Democratic majority.

But elsewhere in the airport, screeners for other airlines were clearly making an effort to run metal detecting wands over shoes, and use the cloth swabs on a random basis.

Mr. Israel, who grew up in Wantagh and has lived in Dix Hills for the past 10 years, said he has had made a "special effort to run an issue-oriented campaign that focuses on philosophical differences rather than personal attacks".

He was escaping from a failed effort to run a country school, along with his prize pupil, a twenty-year-old would-be actor named David Garrick.

After zigzagging along the road and sidewalk in an apparent effort to run over as many people as possible, he eventually was shot to death by police.

As a law professor Mr. Cox seemed to make a studied effort to run his life with courtly Yankee good humor.

The Tide made a concerted effort to run the ball on the drive and it paid off, with 66 of their 112 rushing yards coming on this possession.