The phrase "without making an effort" is correct and can be used in written English.
It is often used to describe a lack of effort being put into something or a task being completed without much effort. Example: John passed his exam without making an effort to study.
Shanahan declined to suspend Lucic, who crashed into Miller, as the goalie came out of his crease, without making an effort to skate past him.
If your neighbour keeps a beady eye on road spending, you can benefit from his vigilance without making an effort yourself.
"When you have certain goals, good things are happening to you because you're making the right decisions without making an effort".
I learnt not to judge a book by its ending without making an effort to put myself in the author's shoes.
If you just sit in front of a television and let it carry you along, without making an effort to resist it or deconstruct it, you really suffer.
Assemblyman Anthony J. Genovesi, a Democrat from Brooklyn, criticized the measure, saying it merely extended sentences by a few years without making an effort to insure that an inmate is rehabilitated.
Some of the actors carry the novel around with them and read from it in flat tones, without really making an effort to interact with the other characters.
In some cases, journalists seek to shift responsibility by passing on an email without themselves making an effort to recheck a factual query raised by a reader about their story.
I mean, if you can change them yourself, without them making an effort, that's wonderful; but a personal effort from them... that's difficult, very difficult' (NIG2).
It should be pointed out that the flexibility of our approach allows us to add deterministic trends without making an extra effort.
On the other hand, if you're prioritizing individual time over couple time, spending more time with your work colleagues and mates than with your partner and feel more like friends than lovers, then it's probable that without making an extra effort that the relationship won't last.
