How to Use make every effort in a Sentence
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Bigger fish tend to make every effort to stay glued to the bottom.
—Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 25 May 2023
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Bigger fish tend to make every effort to stay glued to the bottom.
—Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 25 May 2023
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In any case, the best advice is to make every effort to pay down your balances quickly.
—Jeanne Sahadi, CNN, 27 June 2022
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The school is expected to make every effort to retain its top recruiter.
—Dylan Hernández Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2021
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Truth is, the Browns have no intentions of playing Mayfield again, and will continue to make every effort to trade him.
—cleveland, 8 June 2022
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Booker had an arm wrapped around Holiday and appeared to make every effort to prevent the Bucks guard from scoring.
—Andrew Joseph, USA TODAY, 15 July 2021
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Gently make every effort to slow down, often without touching the brake.
—Dug Begley, Chron, 15 Feb. 2021
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Library staff will make every effort to alert registrants in a timely manner if in-person meetings cannot take place.
—Carol Kovach, cleveland, 29 June 2021
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In case of inclement weather, the program will be canceled and staff will make every effort to notify registrants.
—Carol Kovach, cleveland, 23 June 2021
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These are significant pests and gardeners need to make every effort to prevent their spread.
—oregonlive, 4 Feb. 2023
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Dumarot added that the office has requested that Overland make every effort to reach out to the families, including through phone calls, emails and visits to the hotel.
—Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2023
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To the contrary, the official, who was not authorized to speak publicly, said Mr. Henry, a doctor, was brought in to clean up the mess in Haiti, and has pledged to bring justice for past massacres and make every effort to eliminate the gangs.
—New York Times, 21 Oct. 2021
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In order for our future plans to be successful and for South to truly become the ‘flagship of the Gulf Coast,’ the university must make every effort to invest in faculty.
—al, 31 Jan. 2022
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In three cases in particular, the U.S. should make every effort to understand and expose Russian crimes.
—David Satter, WSJ, 21 Mar. 2021
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So while James Bond may have, uh, no time to die, fans and general audiences who want a more adult-skewing tentpole will have plenty of time to watch Daniel Craig’s 007 make every effort to die another day.
—Scott Mendelson, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2021
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For the benefit and well-being of yourself and those in your immediate circle, make every effort to keep your personal time sacred.
—John Lowe, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2022
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Please make every effort to be as restrained, polite, reasonable and law-abiding as possible.
—Marco Marcelline, PCMAG, 6 June 2023
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Please make every effort to be as restrained, polite, reasonable and law-abiding as possible.
—Marco Marcelline, PCMAG, 6 June 2023
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Though the law states that physicians must make every effort to save both the lives of the fetus and mother, the lawsuit argues that pregnancies pose a range of dangers to a person outside of just physical complications.
—Doha Madani, NBC News, 30 June 2022
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The show is likewise constrained by TV’s episodic framework, but Mazin and Druckmann make every effort to create an expansive fictional universe.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2023
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The home warranty market is full of providers that are reputable and offer dependable service, yet some companies will make every effort to deny your claims and not cover your home's most important items.
—Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Mar. 2021
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People should make every effort to steer clear of the arachnids, especially in places where Lyme cases are more prevalent, such as northwestern California and the northern Sierra.
—Andres Picon, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Apr. 2022
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Unless the setback somehow challenges the core vision, make every effort to help team members understand that, in spite of this challenge, the direction is clear and the organization will continue to move forward.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2021
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Prisoners of war were required to reject special favors and to make every effort to resist indoctrination.
—Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2020
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The office said the election code doesn’t provide specific procedures for emergency weather conditions, but officials should make every effort to tell voters about changes in the election schedule.
—Dallas News, 23 Feb. 2022
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With or without that kind of clause, Hollywood executives would make every effort to avoid cannibalizing a fellow studio title that falls into a similar genre.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 14 Sep. 2021
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Ivey’s executive order said that staff in the state’s executive branch would make every effort not to enforce the federal mandate on Alabama businesses and individuals.
—al, 28 Oct. 2021
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Reasonable people can debate whether prosecutors should ignore the calendar and always pursue the facts—or make every effort to avoid creating investigative news in the middle of a political campaign.
—James Freeman, WSJ, 16 July 2021
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Policyholders should make every effort to ensure the original policy has provisions that allow for extension or renewal to permit completion of the production.
—Jeff Kiburtz, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Sep. 2022
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