make effort

Then, instantly, before he could make effort to recover it, Honoria's white figure swept down on one knee in front of him.

The ways in which we can wisely make effort seem to be as follows: 1.

He is through now, and never again will he make effort to get her to live with him.

But who will sit down contentedly and cease to make effort, the moment he obtains the keys to the most valuable of treasures?

He was, moreover, insistent to a point that moved Sidney to make effort to get the others out.