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Meanings of desperate effort in English

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Usage of desperate effort in English
1
The survivors making a desperate effort, finally succeeded in reaching the boats.
The Three Admirals
2
With a desperate effort I sat up in my bed and replied-
Boycotted, and Other Stories
3
And with a desperate effort he succeeded in getting on his knees.
Mysteries of Paris — Volume 03
4
With a last desperate effort the deer vaults over the brushwood fence.
The Wolf's Long Howl
5
Her admiration made a desperate effort to express itself appropriately in words.
"I Say No"
6
And with a desperate effort he threw her into the next room.
Original Short Stories — Volume 05
7
But the Numidian king had nerved himself for one last desperate effort.
The Gracchi Marius and Sulla / Epochs of Ancient History
8
Ken made a last desperate effort, and managed to force it open.
On Land and Sea at the Dardanelles
9
She made a desperate effort one day to talk to her mother.
A Poor Wise Man
10
By a desperate effort he managed to roll over on his side.
The Turtles of Tasman
11
With a last desperate effort, he flung the sword from his hand.
The Magician
12
I will make one more desperate effort by mail, which please await.
Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Volume 2
13
With a final desperate effort Peter Slade tried to gain first place.
The Rover Boys on the Farm; or, Last Days at Putnam Hall
14
A desperate effort was made to retake them, but to no avail.
A Soldier of Virginia: A Tale of Colonel Washington and Braddock...
15
Acting on a brave spirit, this thought nerved him to desperate effort.
Deep Down, a Tale of the Cornish Mines
16
He slapped the boy's cheeks in a desperate effort to revive him.
Shinjū
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Desperate effort through the time
Desperate effort across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Less common
United States of America
Less common