"effect" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- The bite had the hoped-for effect, and Vi was pleased to feel the member go limp.
- If so, they were clearly not having the hoped-for effect.
- The line item veto, heralded at its passage as a breakthrough in "good government," is already having the opposite of its hoped-for effect.
- But if lawyers representing other tobacco companies have their way, those weapons may not have that hoped-for effect.
- She glanced at her sister to see if this mention of wealth had the hoped-for adverse effect, but Esther was paying no attention.
- This daring stroke had the hoped-for effect of diverting half of Chanda Sahib's army to its recovery.
- That news, delivered in his customary tones of granite assurance, had had the hoped-for salutary effect.
- For some readers, Baker's obsession with detail detracted from a hoped-for pornographic effect.
- The ride had had its hoped-for effect.
- Without swift decisions the hoped-for effects will not be felt.
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