Sentence examples for making a final effort from inspiring English sources

People were clambering onto the road, making a final effort to harass and block the column.

As Clinton made a final push for votes across South Dakota, her advisers said her options ranged from dropping out Tuesday night and endorsing Obama to making a final effort to convince uncommitted superdelegates that she would be a stronger rival to McCain.

At the White House, officials made a final effort to spur the committee on to a solution.

Judith's penchant for storytelling has baffled Andrew, and now that she is slipping away, he decides to make a final effort to investigate their past.

The Government has ordered the Turkish Minister to Montenegro to make a final effort to explain to the Albanians Turkey's minimum concessions.

But Webber came close to winning the title last year and, at 34, may make a final effort as one of the older drivers on the grid.

At the meeting, the board agreed that Mr. Negroponte should make a final effort to end Intel's efforts to disrupt One Laptop's sales.

After General Campion (Roger Allam) arrives and assumes command, Christopher is sent to convalesce and ultimately returns home, where Sylvia makes a final effort to prevent him from pursuing a future with the willful young suffragist Valentine Wannop (Adelaide Clemens).

The school board in the long-troubled district in Roosevelt, N.Y., made a final effort today to stay in office, defending its record at a hearing presided over by the state official seeking its removal, Education Commissioner Richard P. Mills.

Mr. Obama's foreign policy team is debating whether he should make a final effort after the November election to lay out terms of a possible peace agreement between Israelis and Palestinians.

Well, summon your sinews and make a final effort: Alexander Watson's Ring of Steel is perhaps the most important of the current crop of books – and certainly one of the best.