effortful

Example Sentences

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The rigid roof panel helps attenuate the little engine’s effortful ringadingding, which loses its charm after hour four or so.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026

The clowning might be a little too effortful.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

Instead of becoming more automatic or habit-driven, the rats showed more deliberate and effortful decision-making.

From Science Daily • Feb. 16, 2026

And pulses can be perceived as inconvenient, effortful or difficult to cook.

From Salon • Mar. 18, 2024

She smiled at him as they hauled themselves up it—a brief flash of teeth, effortful but gallant—and tried to wring the water from her clothes.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell