Sentence examples for required an effort from inspiring English sources
Servings were so generous that dessert required an effort.
Even swallowing required an effort that he didn't feel he could muster.
None of those victories required an effort comparable to this, however.
No, there weren't any drugs involved; but to travel into work and back each day required an effort of will.
Conversation was a chore for him; it required an effort he preferred to expend at the lab.
"We always thought a lot of him," he said of the winner, though it clearly required an effort in the thrilling aftermath to produce cogent utterances.
Indeed, it requires an effort to look in a serious, focused manner.
To do that, though, requires an effort on all our parts, not just on Blair's.
That requires an effort of will I can't even begin to imagine.
Before it can adopt a positive voice, freedom requires an effort at dis-alienation.
It requires an effort to remember it, but at the start of this year, David Cameron was expected to stay until 2019.
