"effort" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Several former members of the City Council were thwarted in their efforts to return to public office, according to unofficial results.
- Will Wilkie be thwarted in his efforts to commit suicide or will he think better of his plans to kill himself?
- Thwarted in their efforts to negotiate, the mill workers went on strike on February 14 to protest the dismissals.
- But the group was thwarted in its efforts to prevent the legal drinking age in the state from rising to 21 from 18.
- Always thwarted in his efforts to get intimately close to the seat of baseball power, George Steinbrenner was elevated to baseball's ruling executive council today.
- It also seemed tragic that America would he thwarted in its efforts to come out of the recession.
- Also, if private haulers are allowed to undercut local programs, towns will be thwarted in their environmental efforts.
- Those responsible for implementing the change will be thwarted in their efforts if they cannot have access to the resources they need.
- Gadflies and other individuals have also found themselves thwarted in their efforts to get information.
- We also noticed that our own governments often thwarted each other in their efforts to adopt effective external policy.
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