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
“You’re always new to someone there and you want to give it your best effort every time.”
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 13, 2024
“It just felt like we hadn’t had our best effort on both sides of the ball yet.”
From Seattle Times • May 16, 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
Like Farmer, the captain and his troops were giving their best effort.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
