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Example sentences for "made every"

  • But, although he made every effort to leave Peru, he was unsuccessful, for the viceroy had laid an embargo on the shipping.

  • On receiving tidings of the discomfiture of his army at Ambato, he made every exertion to raise levies throughout the country.

  • I made every effort to excite the zeal and commiseration of Madam de Luxembourg in favor of the poor captive, and succeeded to my wishes.

  • I made every effort of which my mind was capable to break the fetters of prejudice, and courageously to do everything that was right without giving myself the least concern about the judgment of others.

  • Ivernois in the office of attorney-general, made every effort to defend me.

  • He made every exertion to embody the Tory inhabitants of the country and to form them into a British militia.

  • He made every exertion to organize and place it on a respectable footing for the ensuing campaign, but his means were scanty and the new levies arrived slowly.

  • He made every attempt, and laid all sorts of plans to catch me on my return, but as sleep always overtook him, I managed easily to elude his efforts.

  • I made every effort to effect Cochran’s release, but he was imprisoned more than six months.

  • I made every effort to get relieved from this odious work, but without avail.

  • I made every effort to do good among them, and endeavored to preach to them on several occasions, but was interrupted and deterred by the whites, who forbade my preaching.

  • His wife, on the other hand, made every effort to protect the blacks on the plantation as much as possible.

  • Fearing this, we made every exertion to leave the island behind us, and went rapidly through the water, forcing the prisoner to take a paddle.

  • Quitting Talbot abruptly, I made every effort to force my way into closer proximity with Madame Lalande.

  • He succeeded very quickly in reaching the door, when, loosening one of the chains from his ankle, he made every exertion to force the passage with it, but in vain, the framework of the room being far stronger than was anticipated.

  • We were very kind to them as long as they could pay; and throughout their long struggle with the foreign deluge, we made every effort to keep them afloat, reducing their rent to the vanishing point, and plunging with them into poverty.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    dead shot; great prophet; made alive; made available; made choice; made free; made great; made him; made king; made knight; made like; made love; made mustard; made only; made out; made preparations; made prisoner; made sail; made them; made under the law; made whole; made worse; made yeast; strong pull; voluntary power; why hast thou forsaken