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Examples of effortful in a Sentence
the book's abstruse subject matter and dense prose make for effortful reading
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That effortful confidence carried over into politics.
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Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2024
This is a significantly less effortful experience if a shopper has more than a few items.
—Roger Dooley, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
In contrast, System 2 involves more deliberate, effortful, and analytical thinking.
—Bryce Hoffman, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2024
The whole thing is effortful, with a potential for embarrassment.
—Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2023
No technology can substitute for the human labor — effortful, embodied, attentive — to really make something last.
—Carina Del Valle Schorske, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2023
The other digression follows Joe Clayton, a discontented ranch hand, and his effortful rise to directorial stardom in early Hollywood.
—Sam Thielman, The New Yorker, 21 July 2023
Bailey is suitably bumptious but effortful as Harry, but the drama suffers most with the underwritten and over-emoting Holly and Anna.
—David Benedict, Variety, 20 June 2023
Despite that, and a series of effortful numbers Genao sings bravely, her story, which is almost entirely internal, recedes.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2023
Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2024
This is a significantly less effortful experience if a shopper has more than a few items.
—Roger Dooley, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
In contrast, System 2 involves more deliberate, effortful, and analytical thinking.
—Bryce Hoffman, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2024
The whole thing is effortful, with a potential for embarrassment.
—Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2023
No technology can substitute for the human labor — effortful, embodied, attentive — to really make something last.
—Carina Del Valle Schorske, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2023
The other digression follows Joe Clayton, a discontented ranch hand, and his effortful rise to directorial stardom in early Hollywood.
—Sam Thielman, The New Yorker, 21 July 2023
Bailey is suitably bumptious but effortful as Harry, but the drama suffers most with the underwritten and over-emoting Holly and Anna.
—David Benedict, Variety, 20 June 2023
Despite that, and a series of effortful numbers Genao sings bravely, her story, which is almost entirely internal, recedes.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2023
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“Effortful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/effortful. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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