make every effort
idiom
: to do all one can
The school makes every effort to help new students become adjusted to college life.
Examples of make every effort in a Sentence
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In terms of the look of the shop, the owners would make every effort to match the décor of the shop to that of the library, according to village documents.
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Cathy Kozlowicz, Journal Sentinel, 9 Feb. 2024
Hamas still holds 10 other Americans hostage, according to the State Department, and President Biden vowed on Friday to make every effort to reunite their families.
—Ronen Bergman, New York Times, 20 Oct. 2023
The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China (HKSAR) has a duty to make every effort to bring to justice people who have absconded overseas and allegedly committed offenses under the law, including Hong Kong’s national-security law.
—WSJ, 9 July 2023
After Wednesday’s accident in Yinchuan, population of about 2.9 million, Xi demanded authorities make every effort to treat the wounded and strengthen safety supervision, CCTV reported.
—Time, 22 June 2023
Please make every effort to be as restrained, polite, reasonable and law-abiding as possible.
—Marco Marcelline, PCMAG, 6 June 2023
Bigger fish tend to make every effort to stay glued to the bottom.
—Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 25 May 2023
With or without that kind of clause, Hollywood executives would make every effort to avoid cannibalizing a fellow studio title that falls into a similar genre.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 14 Sep. 2021
Reasonable people can debate whether prosecutors should ignore the calendar and always pursue the facts—or make every effort to avoid creating investigative news in the middle of a political campaign.
—James Freeman, WSJ, 16 July 2021
Cathy Kozlowicz, Journal Sentinel, 9 Feb. 2024
Hamas still holds 10 other Americans hostage, according to the State Department, and President Biden vowed on Friday to make every effort to reunite their families.
—Ronen Bergman, New York Times, 20 Oct. 2023
The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China (HKSAR) has a duty to make every effort to bring to justice people who have absconded overseas and allegedly committed offenses under the law, including Hong Kong’s national-security law.
—WSJ, 9 July 2023
After Wednesday’s accident in Yinchuan, population of about 2.9 million, Xi demanded authorities make every effort to treat the wounded and strengthen safety supervision, CCTV reported.
—Time, 22 June 2023
Please make every effort to be as restrained, polite, reasonable and law-abiding as possible.
—Marco Marcelline, PCMAG, 6 June 2023
Bigger fish tend to make every effort to stay glued to the bottom.
—Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 25 May 2023
With or without that kind of clause, Hollywood executives would make every effort to avoid cannibalizing a fellow studio title that falls into a similar genre.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 14 Sep. 2021
Reasonable people can debate whether prosecutors should ignore the calendar and always pursue the facts—or make every effort to avoid creating investigative news in the middle of a political campaign.
—James Freeman, WSJ, 16 July 2021
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