It was a tremendous effort to raise myself to a sitting position.

She made an effort to raise her head and sit up.

It was too much of an effort to raise her head.

Today there is an effort to raise the level of the game to Olympic standards.

The move comes at the end of an effort to raise money that began last April, when the deficit was $1 million.

As part of an effort to raise money for the movie, he shot the commercial.

The bonds are part of the company's effort to raise about $3 billion.

It was an effort to raise the gun and fire again.

In seven months, the country's leaders made no effort to mobilize the population or raise an army.

A kind man who makes an effort to raise his children with high regard for their mother.