Sentence examples for making an effort for from inspiring English sources

The students affected an air of boredom – nothing was worth making an effort for.

If I am going to visit a school, I dress up, because I want the children to see that I am making an effort for them.

In 1985 Mr. Tovey began to record for Mute using his own name, making an effort for the first time to learn how to play acoustic instruments.

Twitter has been making an effort for some time to streamline and simplify its interface to make its social media platform more accessible to new and more casual users, and it is doing the same in the backend of its service.

This despite the fact that – judging from these pictures – my attempt at "making an effort" for the night had failed.

This despite the fact that—judging from these pictures my attempt at "making an effort" for the night had failed.

I used to be scruffier, but I had to make an effort for jazz clubs.

They are saying I don't have to do that, make an effort for men.

"We made an effort for this," said Eduardo Cunha, speaker of Brazil's lower house of Congress.

I used to run six miles a day but now I got to make an effort for three.

I was able to put on my lipstick and sunglasses and bellow out the window: "Fireman, make an effort for those who've made an effort".