Sentence examples for effort to please from inspiring English sources

Unsmiling and austere, with a reputation for dogmatism, she makes little effort to please.

AnywhereCD was an effort to please both consumers and the record labels.

The effort to please government interests could also stifle innovation in a more fundamental way.

This week 51 prisoners, all cronies of the bandit, were due to be released in an effort to please him.

"I would make him my new best friend and make an effort to please him," he said.

Some, in a pathetic effort to please their parents and serve their needs, distinguish themselves in the arts or professions.

Indeed, the blackboard items seem more a scattershot effort to please every diner than a focused plan.

The retailer seems to make little effort to please customers, but the savvy management team has kept the brand alive.

Either the Russian president is blessed with prophetic powers, or the public prosecutor is making an effort to please Putin.

Mr Cameron's efforts to please Eurosceptics have led to some odd and unseemly policies.

The local families who run the lodges go to great efforts to please the tourists.