level best

Example Sentences

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No matter which way you pitch the car and across whatever wobbly surface, this powerful system is doing its level best to keep you level.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025

"It is clear from the evidence that the three of them were trying their level best not to run afoul of the law," he said.

From BBC • Oct. 21, 2025

But he wasn’t dogmatic in any way, he was just trying to do his level best, you know, to do justice.

From Slate • May 9, 2025

Campbell did his level best to ensure that cooler heads would prevail, that the band wouldn’t collapse under the weight of expectations.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2025

Methuselah tried his level best to act tough.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques