Others, like the ancient Pharisees, prompted by equally noble motives, are making valiant efforts to keep the church structures buoyant and active by winning converts from the lost world as occasion offers. (religion-online.org)
Despite valiant efforts at punking up «O Come, O Come Emmanuel» and «White Christmas,» this is starting to sound like a bad joke. (metacritic.com)
Despite valiant efforts from Jack Harrison and Toby Pettman, who survived 108 and 51 balls respectively, the game was lost around half an hour into the final session. (sport.ox.ac.uk)