Sentence examples for characteristic effort from inspiring English sources

In other words, it was a characteristic effort by Mr. Yorke.

Many of his acolytes, who turned vehemently against the war, lamented his characteristic effort to find the middle ground.

It is a characteristic effort by a man who spent three decades in the treacherous waters of French financial policy making.

His excuse -- that such action is up to Congress, not the White House -- was, like the claim that he was just upholding the law, a weak (and characteristic) effort to shift the blame.

He moved to Sibford Ferris, on the Cotswold hills, and, for two years, worked as a visiting professor at the Open University, an entirely characteristic effort to bring his learning to a wider audience.

On Tuesday night at Birdland, in the first set of a five-night run, Quest put forth a characteristic effort, slashing through original music and some tunes from the repertory of the 1960s-vintage Miles Davis Quintet.

Some pieces are departures from an artist's characteristic efforts, like "The Last Photograph I Took of Crow," a large photograph of a black cat of advanced age, by Eileen Quinlan, who is known for far more abstract camera work.

The probability of being willing to engage in an effortful response (P[yes]), when considered orthogonally to option value characteristics (effort, stake, and expected reward), can be viewed as reflecting response anticipation or response preparation following the decision.

Factor 1 (i.e., integrated experienced energy replenishment/expenditure) represented the psychological effects of work characteristics, effort, perceived risk, and performance.

With the proposed TSPSOC system, the mover position of the controlled LIM drive possesses the advantages of favorable robust characteristic, control effort without chattering, and simple control framework.

It was a characteristic American effort, full of resolve instead of beauty, with defenders hustling, sliding, diving, heading away crosses, not giving Rooney many touches on the ball or space to operate.