Sentence examples for effort at making from inspiring English sources

Toyota's first effort at making a larger truck, the T-100, wasn't enthusiastically received.

Then, the Europeans made little effort at making aid and political ties conditional on establishing an independent judiciary or allowing a free press and vibrant nongovernmental organizations.

We would like you to know that the site redesign was a first effort at making your experience better, not a last one.

The contradictions of the exercise are apparent from the outset, but even if this falls between several stools, it's a worthy effort at making radical politics digestible.

Apple's rumored effort at making a TV set has been like Godot — much anticipated, never arriving — but in the meantime it is in talks with distributors like Time Warner Cable and programmers like Walt Disney to explore collaboration on apps.

That lapse is interesting; either the writers are unfamiliar with what modern homophobia really sounds like or they fear that any effort at making it plausible or contemporary would somehow make it acceptable.

In the end, I would argue, Oswald killed J.F.K. when all his other efforts at making headlines had failed.

Still, Mr. Diller's relative silence recently is notable, given some of his past efforts at making deals.

Realizing that their own efforts at making art were not up to the standards of Mr. Chamberlain and other artists they admired, they began buying others' works.

You may wish to thank Aboul Gheit for the vital role Egypt played in bringing about a ceasefire in Gaza, and its efforts at making it last.

That helps to explain various commercial efforts at making Hanukkah, which is not considered a primary holiday in Judaism, a festive competitor to Christmas.