make an effort
Verb
Meaning
make an effort (third-person singular simple present makes an effort, present participle making an effort, simple past and past participle made an effort)
To try; to work towards a goal.
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Examples
It is not easy to make an effort and to remember all the little personalia of some one one has loved very much, and by whom one has been loved.
Rather than reacting to every risk we hear and see, we should make an effort to discern which ones we can do something about.
Men will lie on their backs, talking about the the fall of man, and never make an effort to get up.
If one is to be called a liar, one may as well make an effort to deserve the name.
If I had caused the cloud, it was my duty to make an effort to dispel it.
You have to make an effort to always look at the good side, always think about the good things. Then you've got nothing to be afraid of. If something bad comes up, you do more thinking at that point.