Sentence examples for my poor effort from inspiring English sources
I saw in my mind's eye that spacious library, where I used to work, that sunny dining room, where you kindly put me in touch with various interesting people, and where I had to divide my poor effort into the two most important problems, how to enjoy the good food served there & yet how to talk or rather mumble in my bad English!
Anyway, this is my poor effort at poking fun at His Highness, Mayor Moneybags.
I tried to dictate to a laptop on the floor by my pillow, but what appeared on the screen was a poor effort, and in any case I could barely read.
One user posted: "Poor effort.
Poor effort on our part, very poor".
She called it "a poor effort to save face".
Vicente shoots low and hard, but it's a poor effort that Gavanon saves easily.
After close losses to Connecticut, Providence and Seton Hall, the Red Storm would have been shattered by another poor effort.
Neymar takes the free-kick; a poor effort which goes wide off the head of Rakitic.
Horschel can't knock in his saver, either, a very poor effort from a short distance.
