"effort" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- He struck; the Frenchman rolled away in a last despairing effort to save himself.
- In a last, despairing effort to drive the visions from his head, Lucas silently groped for the mind link.
- The Prince made one last despairing effort to persuade his father that he should ride with the chariots.
- His approach to Rod had been a last despairing effort.
- With a last despairing effort Frodo raised himself on his hands, and struggled on for maybe twenty yards.
- I made one last despairing effort to break out of my coffin, then fell back utterly exhausted.
- The arms were outstretched, as though the dead man had made a despairing effort to throw himself upon an attacker.
- With his back to the wall, the Squire fought wildly, and with a last despairing effort tried to break the other's guard.
- But as he spoke he made one last despairing and, for him, disastrous effort, leaping forward with all his energy.
- The cloud seemed to make a last despairing effort, thrusting out an inky pseudopod toward the door of the chamber.
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