Sentences with phrase «made valiant»

I thought the previous home owner made a valiant attempt to make this windowless hallway more functional.

The company made a valiant effort this year with the LG G6, but it failed to impress buyers over the competition.

If you neither knew, nor should have known about it before discovering the mold, and made a valiant effort to fix the problem as soon as possible, than the endorsement mentioned earlier will provide some coverage for your personal property.

She made a valiant effort to grasp the course of the proceedings, but had the disadvantage of not having been counsel at trial.

Yuke's have made a valiant attempt to move back to the heyday of the series where almost any match type you can think of was included in the game.

Toys «R» Us has made valiant attempts to keep its shelves stocked with a few Nintendo Switches, but it hasn't been able to keep hold of them for long.

Pretty much as you wrote about Capcom's brand new trailer for Lost Planet 2, I was standing at a kiosk playing with three others as we made a valiant attempt at taking down one huge creature.

Epic seem to have taken criticisms toward the Gears story to heart and have made a valiant attempt to craft some truly emotional moments for the final game in the trilogy, and they've succeeded to a degree.

If you neither knew, nor should have known about it before discovering the mold, and made a valiant effort to fix the problem as soon as possible, than the endorsement mentioned earlier will provide some coverage for your personal property.

Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Kiernan Shipka made a valiant attempt to bring some color to the Critic's Choice Awards on Thursday

So Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Kiernan Shipka made a valiant attempt to bring some color to the Critic's Choice Awards

I have made a valiant effort to provide a balanced diet, homemade yogurt, fruit smoothies, veggies, homemade bone broths and the like.

Several companies made valiant attempts to replicate its potency, often by copying the profile, ingredient by ingredient.

Several companies made valiant attempts to replicate its potency, often by copying the profile,

I made a valiant effort to dress up and let my accessories be distracting, I tried hiding with an over-sized sweater; I even went to my three or four staple outfits that always work.

Rep. Elise Stefanik, too, has made a valiant effort to get involved, and has introduced symbolic legislation asking her colleagues in the House to take the issue seriously.

Better to take the lumps and sulk for a while, secure in the knowledge of having made a valiant effort on behalf of a beleaguered constituency.

Most recently Jack Straw made a valiant effort to try to end the hereditary principle.

The Green Party made a valiant attempt, but seems to only have 7,000 signatures in hand.

In fairness, five years ago, the B&ECPL Board of Trustees made a valiant effort through six months of public hearings to impress the community - at - large and its elected leadership with the gravity of what was to come and the wisdom of preparing for it.

«Liberal Democrat peers have made valiant efforts to improve the Bill in the House of Lords.

There was a little bit of a problem there and the authors made a valiant attempt to hide it.

He helped to keep Seamus Coleman in check at Goodison Park and made a valiant attempt to help Nacho Monreal deal with the Lionel Messi - Dani Alves double - team.

Daws went walkabout, Gallas got back goalside just to admire the view, Dembele made a valiant scramble but failed to get it safe, and only Kyle had the nous to actually * defend *) he made some huge contributions and looked a real leader at the back (likewise against the Hammers)... And just a few weeks ago he looked like he'd lost his mojo.

As the conversation dragged on, Dave made a valiant attempt to save the chicken.

My cousin made a valiant effort to get a family photo, but I have about 400 outtakes that are way more hilarious.

Right at the beginning, Hobbes made a valiant effort to complete the Copernican Revolution.

However, while many business owners are making valiant attempts to position themselves as thought leaders, their efforts often fall short because of one key reason: credibility (or lack thereof).

Griffin also makes a valiant attempt at summarizing Charlie Munger's notoriously artful and qualitative approach with rigor and detail.

Charlie makes a valiant effort at preaching and otherwise playing the role.

James Bradley makes a valiant attempt to solve within Whitehead's basic terms the problem Jones has suggested needed a solution, but there is little doubt Jones would regard Bradley's solution as too heavily» reliant upon numerical unity», and therefore abstract.

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.

They are experiencing some adversity but all great teams manage to get knocked down a bit before making a valiant comeback..

«He makes a valiant effort to try to see his children.»

That's the 230 - pound Terrance Smith trying to make a valiant play on Houston's Greg Ward Jr., with Houston tight end Hayden Daniels in the way.

Brandon Weeden makes a valiant effort on this play to try and get the touchdown after he caught his own batted...

I make no claim that your child will be potty trained in 3 days, but together we can make a valiant go of it.

Though the best students are likely to make a valiant attempt, they can't hang with you if you don't meet them halfway — or in some cases 95 % of the way.

Overall the game makes a valiant attempt to be something «hip» and new but falls flat and ends up being what i can describe as a boring version of «The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt», if you think of playing this game and haven't played the Witcher 3, please take my advice and play that instead and whilst this may sound spiteful (take it as constructive criticism), anyone who give the game a 10 out of 10 is clearly blind to any of its many flaws.

For all its many faults, the script does at least make a valiant effort of recognising and explaining the politics of war and propaganda.

It's trippier than «Ex Machina,» and Garland makes a valiant go of its concerns, but «Annihilation» feels like a short - story amount of story pulled and twisted into feature length.

The first film was devoid of real humanity; this one makes a valiant effort to pick up the slack, but it's a little late to the dance.

As he delves ever deeper into the case, he arrives at the sudden, shocking conclusion that he knew each of the women, and worries that he might have rubbed them out in a drunken state, as he concurrently (and paradoxically) makes valiant attempts to reach the next victim before the killer.

Through a trippy time structure that I have seen before, «Downloading Nancy,» a darkly perverse movie, makes a valiant attempt to tell her story with some success due to a fearless performance from Maria Bello.

At least Bates, handed the plum role of a loud - mouthed lesbian arsonist, makes a valiant effort at cementing Tammy as some kind of future camp novelty; surely no one can claim the world is worse off now that footage exists of Bates conducting a Viking funeral for a jet ski.

But with his latest work behind the camera that hit the 2017 Sundance Film Festival, Doremus makes a valiant, respectable effort in his creation of a new honest portrait of love in the age of Tinder.

In Housewife (1934), she's second billed but really only a supporting player, the «other woman» who seduces — or at least makes a valiant attempt to — advertising professional George Brent from his devoted wife Ann Dvorak.

Hence, we have a thriller, set against the backdrop of a civil war in Sierra Leone, that makes a valiant attempt to bring attention to the issue (which still is a problem in Africa) but falters in placing it in predictable, formulaic action piece.

William Shatner brings the thunder in a second half performance that either j - u-s-t redeems this sequel's existence or makes a valiant argument for its existence; that's a debate for the ages.

I was persistent in pursuing his acceptance into the school because I always believe you should make a valiant effort in whatever it is you seek to accomplish.