8 sentences with 'efforts'
Example sentences and phrases with the word efforts and other words derived from it.
• « These efforts met with strong opposition from the locals, who argued that they had the right to do with their land as they pleased. »
• « At the turn of the century, efforts were made to dissuade the dead from returning. The body was buried with some sacrifices and a farewell ceremony. It was buried facing away from the village: they had to be kept apart. »
• « That man recognized that his wife was right, and that despite all his efforts to become the best lover in the world, he had failed miserably. »
• « Julie returned to the United States determined to devote even more time to relief efforts for victims of war, political unrest, famine and poverty. »
• « Priests probably led efforts to build irrigation systems and made decisions about city building and rebuilding, since they had a monopoly on explaining the great forces at work in human life. »