Sentence examples for for poor efforts from inspiring English sources

Ford also commands the respect of his teammates -- for the pounding his 165-pound body takes when he penetrates inside and for chastising them for poor efforts, most recently in a loss to Texas Tech in the quarterfinals of the conference tournament.

Look for places you can help them feel successful, praising good efforts and playing down negative aspects of their work, while realising you may have to nudge them to work harder to make up for poor efforts.

It is recommended that all intellectual, achievement, and neuropsychological measures need improved validation with normative groups screened for poor effort.

It was Pyro's first time on a synthetic surface, and his trainer, Steve Asmussen, blamed that for his poor effort.

Torre called a meeting after Tuesday's 16-3 loss and chastised the players for their poor effort, and Derek Jeter and Andy Pettitte and others agreed completely with his assessment.

Excuses can be made for a poor effort on chasing debut by Snuff Box (5.15) and he could fare better at 6-1.

Senator Bob Graham, Democrat of Florida, gave the federal government a grade of D, on average, for what he called its poor efforts to keep the United States competitive in the global economy.

And his situation raises difficult questions -- about colleges that are supposed to ensure that their players, recruits they fawn over and preen before, never "benefit" from their athletic prowess; about a press that scolds schools for poor athletic efforts, then scowls when players are treated like royalty; and, finally, about us, the ravenous fans.

It also includes monitoring for poor breathing effort, low blood sugar, and low blood potassium.

Still, they've been beating around the bush for so long that even this poor effort counts for something.

Fast ground is fine for him and his poor effort two runs ago at Chester had a lot to do with soft going.