do one's best
Example Sentences
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Johnny’s tentative dip into family life artfully captures the tedium, terror and confounding ecstasy of parenthood, but it more eloquently conveys the pain and discovery involved in simply trying to do one’s best.
From Washington Post • Nov. 22, 2021
Striving to do one’s best is laudable and certainly a part of military training and leadership, but there is a lot more to military leadership than doing one’s best.
From MSNBC • Dec. 12, 2015
But in Judaism, there are two conditions for repentance: one must go in genuine contrition to the person sinned against, and one must do one's best to compensate for the wrong done.
From Time Magazine Archive
The inspiration to do one's best in both work and play, with due regard for the comfort and welfare of others, is one of the fine merits of this story.
From Nobody's Girl (En Famille) by Crewe-Jones, Florence
Utmost; highest endeavor or state; most nearly perfect thing, or being, or action; as, to do one's best; to the best of our ability.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah
