valiant effort

The Dodgers played it smartly, if weirdly, on a night when the Yankees’ valiant effort could be summed up in two words.

And despite a valiant effort at the final hole, McIlroy was unable to elude another gut-wrenching miss on a big stage.

We should even applaud those who make a valiant effort — especially if they’re in the room with us — because creating art is hard.

Maui Fire Department workers “risked their lives in a valiant effort to stop the spread of the fires and save lives,” according to the report, made public Tuesday by the Western Fire Chiefs Association, and are now “grappling with questions about what they could have done differently, a reflection that will likely persist throughout the rest of their careers.”

Woodinville’s offense made a valiant effort with a 19-point fourth, but the Falcons couldn’t dig themselves out of that sizable hole.