Sentence examples for effort of will from inspiring English sources

Was it a great effort of will?

It's partly an effort of will.

With a powerful effort of will, he stood upright and came out from behind the ficus.

No effort of will is likely to make reading popular again.

And, if sometimes by an effort of will, his old high spirits were often on display.

Only a huge effort of will got him to the end.

What effort of will and intellectual contortion is needed to squeeze your mind into such boxes?

That requires an effort of will I can't even begin to imagine.

They recall the time Emily nearly drowned, and was saved, by a great effort of will, by Edward.

Like all good resort hotels, it's planned so that leaving the site takes a monumental effort of will.

No, there weren't any drugs involved; but to travel into work and back each day required an effort of will.