"respectable effort" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use the phrase to describe something that is not necessarily extraordinary, but nonetheless decent. For example, "John put in a respectable effort during the competition, but was ultimately outdone by his opponents."
Alongside the jokes, a respectable effort is made to find workable solutions too.
Couples had smashed a long drive past O'Connor's respectable effort into position A. There are few clubs harder to hit off the deck than a 2-iron.
At its best, however, "Primetime Live" came across as a respectable effort - well-paced, well-edited with an effective use of news photographs and graphics to tell a coherent story.
That respectable effort, combined with the 37 free throws they attempted the night before against Miami, enabled the Knicks to get off the record-setting pace they were sputtering along at before the weekend began.
All three were respectable efforts with fun to be had by reader and pasticheur alike – though for a more illuminating angle on Austen, turn to Jo Baker's Longbourn, which cunningly retells Pride and Prejudice from the servants' perspective.
All three were respectable efforts with fun to be had by reader and pasticheur alike – though for a more illuminating angle on Austen, turn to Jo Baker's Longbourn, which cunningly retells Pride and Prejudice from the servants' perspective.
Despite respectable efforts, the precise entry site for Na+ bypass flow remains to be determined.
The Knicks also wasted what had been a respectable defensive effort.
Charles rushed for three touchdowns for Kansas City, which followed its stunning, last-minute loss at home to Denver with a respectable fourth-quarter effort at raucous Lambeau Field.
Because the coalition government under the prime ministership of Ivan Kostov, elected in April 1997 on a law-and-order platform, is keeping its promises and is trying to make Bulgaria respectable.Part of this effort has been directed at the business empires.
But he was undeterred in his efforts to build a respectable and viable conservative movement.
