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Meanings of manful effort in English

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Usage of manful effort in English
1
Fauntleroy looked up with a manful effort at a smile.
Little Lord Fauntleroy
2
He made a manful effort to walk, but tottered reeled.
Long Live the King!
3
But he pulled himself together with a manful effort.
The Little Warrior
4
Once, by a manful effort, he managed to break away and run forward a few yards.
The Boy Scouts on Picket Duty
5
Ellen made a manful effort, all the way down the hill, to stifle the tears that were choking her.
The Wide, Wide World
6
But this manful effort brought him little comfort in the face of the chilling rain and with the whitecaps curling higher.
Rainbow's End
7
Simultaneously a famine was scourging Behar, and Vennard, to do him justice, had made manful efforts to cope with it.
The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies
8
"Of course, of course," said Tinker quickly, and by a manful effort he kept the brightness in his face.
The Admirable Tinker / Child of the World
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