1.   All her brave effort had been for nothing.

2.   Hers was a brave effort for one who had to be whisked off to hospital on Tuesday after a painful accident.

3.   More recently, the couple made a brave effort to live a normal life for the children.

4.   The student company makes a brave effort at tackling the multiple roles.

5.   Despite the years since their halcyon youth, they made brave efforts to dance.

6.   Getting to this point took brave efforts on the part of several key players.

7.   Hurst sat with a chaw of tobacco stuffed in his lower lip as he made a brave effort to keep his upper lip stiff.

8.   Instead, he was hailed as a hero for his brave effort against Boetsch when he kept on battling despite severe thigh cramps toward the end of the match.

9.   Zimbabwe was never in the race despite making a brave effort to chase the huge target.