Sentence examples for fleeting effort from inspiring English sources

This is hardly a fleeting effort, given his longstanding focus on wildlife conservation, including a push against shark fin soup a few years ago.

Fleeting efforts to negotiate have failed.

Cohen's analysis of how Ellington negotiated the vagaries of the music business, and particularly how hard he worked to remain relevant in a fickle marketplace (there were even fleeting efforts in the mid-1950s "to affix the marketing term 'rock and roll' to the Ellington orchestra"), is among this book's many strengths.

While it's likely that the complexities of Arab life and politics lie outside of our fleeting efforts at understanding, each G8 citizen knows the importance of personal freedom of choice.

This is a story of spiritual struggle, in which after we relight the sacred flame, we realize the fleeting nature of our efforts.

The mature thing is to soberly accept our time on Earth is fleeting and that all our efforts will soon be forgotten.

(Do we really need to hear her complaining about Miles's penchant for cosmetic bronzer?) But in the play's quieter moments Ms. Bacon transmits a keenly felt sense of Kitty's despair at the endless efforts — and only fleeting satisfactions — of being a competent mother, ambitious career woman, loving spouse and loyal daughter.

"How fleeting are the wishes and efforts of man!

And because these sorts of cultural attractions are fleeting, finding them requires a bit more effort than cracking open a guidebook (or even a guidebook's Web site).

The boss of the Tour at the time was obsessed with breaking America, a feat that was eventually achieved not through transatlantic flights but by the lasting efforts of Greg LeMond, and the fleeting (but undeniably more resonant) achievements of Lance Armstrong.

"Time is fleeting," Mr. Grassley said, praising Mr. Baucus's efforts.