best effort
Example Sentences
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Lewis Hall crashed a strike off the crossbar with Newcastle's best effort.
From Barron's ● Dec. 26, 2025
Coach Sean McVay challenged his players to give their best effort over the final 39 days of the season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 14, 2025
The British pair had the advantage of diving first throughout and put in their best effort of the competition to apply the pressure.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2024
Montenegro, who scored 11 goals in two home matches in December's window, struggled to create chances, with their best effort from play coming when Kuc tamely shot into the arms of Maddy Harvey-Clifford.
From BBC ● Feb. 23, 2024
Her best effort so far was three, which the directions labeled typical.
From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull
