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

Neither Trout nor any other player owes his team or the league anything more than his best effort on the field.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 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

Open champion Wyndham Clark said after giving it his best effort.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 21, 2024

The one in the field house had been his best effort, and it was the part of the school with the least damage.

From "Time Bomb" by Joelle Charbonneau