How to Use make every effort in a Sentence

make every effort

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  • Chu wanted to make every effort to change that.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Bigger fish tend to make every effort to stay glued to the bottom.
    Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 25 May 2023
  • In any case, the best advice is to make every effort to pay down your balances quickly.
    Jeanne Sahadi, CNN, 27 June 2022
  • Our leaders have a duty to make every effort to prevent any further loss of life.
    Derek Tran, Oc Register, 6 Mar. 2026
  • The school is expected to make every effort to retain its top recruiter.
    Dylan Hernández Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2021
  • Gently make every effort to slow down, often without touching the brake.
    Dug Begley, Chron, 15 Feb. 2021
  • These are significant pests and gardeners need to make every effort to prevent their spread.
    oregonlive, 4 Feb. 2023
  • Library staff will make every effort to alert registrants in a timely manner if in-person meetings cannot take place.
    Carol Kovach, cleveland, 29 June 2021
  • In case of inclement weather, the program will be canceled and staff will make every effort to notify registrants.
    Carol Kovach, cleveland, 23 June 2021
  • Please make every effort to be as restrained, polite, reasonable and law-abiding as possible.
    Marco Marcelline, PCMAG, 6 June 2023
  • 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.
    Cathy Kozlowicz, Journal Sentinel, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Jamaica's best men will make every effort to spoil Lyles' chances at achieving something historical.
    Katelyn Hutchison, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • The difficult finishing holes make every effort worthwhile, and a 19th hole that is truly bliss.
    Kathleen Turner, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
  • 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.
    Cathy Kozlowicz, Journal Sentinel, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Booker had an arm wrapped around Holiday and appeared to make every effort to prevent the Bucks guard from scoring.
    Andrew Joseph, USA TODAY, 15 July 2021
  • Truth is, the Browns have no intentions of playing Mayfield again, and will continue to make every effort to trade him.
    cleveland, 8 June 2022
  • UConn is expected to make every effort to satisfy his name-image-likeness income goals.
    Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Volunteers in canoes make every effort to retrieve each lantern from the water after the ceremony ends.
    Gary Stoller, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
  • For the benefit and well-being of yourself and those in your immediate circle, make every effort to keep your personal time sacred.
    John Lowe, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2022
  • Washington should make every effort to support these actions and help trade-union activists communicate with one another.
    Eric Edelman, Foreign Affairs, 2 Jan. 2023
  • Across the league, the presumption is the Bears will make every effort to significantly upgrade their offensive line.
    Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 24 Feb. 2025
  • Prisoners of war were required to reject special favors and to make every effort to resist indoctrination.
    Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2020
  • Dumarot added that the office has requested that Overland make every effort to reach out to the families, including through phone calls, emails and visits to the hotel.
    Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2023
  • The home warranty market is full of providers that are reputable and offer dependable service, yet some companies will make every effort to deny your claims and not cover your home's most important items.
    Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Mar. 2021
  • Considerate routines should make every effort easier.
    Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Though the law states that physicians must make every effort to save both the lives of the fetus and mother, the lawsuit argues that pregnancies pose a range of dangers to a person outside of just physical complications.
    Doha Madani, NBC News, 30 June 2022
  • 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
  • The office said the election code doesn’t provide specific procedures for emergency weather conditions, but officials should make every effort to tell voters about changes in the election schedule.
    Dallas News, 23 Feb. 2022
  • Each carrier has established individual policies, and all make every effort to ensure families sit together.
    Nathan Bomey, Axios, 1 Aug. 2024
  • Each carrier has established individual policies, but all make every effort to ensure families sit together.
    Pete Muntean, CNN, 1 Aug. 2024

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