Sentence examples for made a decent effort from inspiring English sources

John McCain has made a decent effort to reach out to them.

A clutch of younger BJP figures, such as Smriti Irani, who made a decent effort of confronting Rahul Gandhi, Congress's scion, in his constituency in the campaign, are rewarded with government jobs too.The second welcome initiative was to invite leaders from all the neighbouring countries.

Tell it to "phone home" and it'll make a decent effort to find the relevant number.

For each reading assignment, he required every student to make a "decent effort" to make a relevant comment, to ask a question, or to answer a fellow student's question.

When you're preparing to set off on a backpacking trip from Devon to Southeast Asia, you probably make a decent effort to plan things properly.

Cesar made a fabulous one-handed reaction save to keep out Hoolahan's close-range flicked effort after a fine cross from Snodgrass, and also made a decent stop from Bradley Johnson.

"I always made a decent living".

But the appetizers made a decent showing.

The plaintiffs made a decent case for a systemic problem.

Only Amazon has made a decent swing at a forked version of Android for the mass-market - the jury is still out on Nokia's efforts.

Palacio made a decent decision, going for the bloop shot.