What is "makes an effort"

Usage examples of "makes an effort".

As a distraction he makes an effort to recall the sequence of events after running across the overgrown cricket pitch to escape the fire, hoping this will provide a clue to how he came to be in bed.

Back in the living room, he makes an effort to regain his detachment.

He makes an effort to get back in touch with the self that he regards as his own, and, after a moment, seems to succeed in reaching some vestige of contact with the man he believes himself to be.

She has a large family-she's had so many children, I've lost count-but she makes an effort to sit at the housemothers' table on Sundays.

Your man makes an effort to come back to you for as long as he can, Wayne tries—.

Your man makes an effort to come back to you for as long as he can, Wayne tries--or he used to.

Although he carries the pistol-grip i2-gauge Mossberg, he makes an effort to appear otherwise nonchalant, in case the woman has come forward from the bedroom at the rear of the motor home to watch him through a window.

The SelfTaught Man becomes serious, he makes an effort to understand me.