Sentence examples for efforts at not from inspiring English sources

Joyce pointed out how the child's efforts at not crying were more poignant than if she had actually been crying.

Since reading Lean In, however, Engberg says she has made concerted efforts at "not apologising that I do fly a plane".

The queen of studies embraces all of life, including psychology and the social sciences, but philosophers think of themselves as engaged in an intellectual discipline, characterised by argument, which, even if it settles nothing, is a splendid mental workout.This is not to knock Mr de Botton's efforts, at least not much.

— that the First Lady is an unwilling participant in Trump's ascendancy, a victim of his cruel, chaotic efforts at misrule, not a co-conspirator.

As ever, some miss the point: music video titan Vevo's effort at vevo.com/xmas not only has too many doors (25 not 24), but you can open all of them now.

But his efforts at Eastern did not fare as well.

The Times' other efforts at diversification have not been impressive.

Hefner's efforts at preservation do not stop at public monuments.

The efforts at Citadel Securities have not all been a bust, however.

Such efforts at universalism were not for Melvin Jules Bukiet, a novelist and a professor of literature at Sarah Lawrence College.

My later efforts at home do not compare with the dedication of the fathers of my two grandchildren.