The old man collected the little strength left him in a supreme effort; his eyes sparkled with fury, his countenance was contracted with disgust, and he spat in his enemy's face.
Suddenly, by a supreme effort of will, and aided by the smuggler, he succeeded in gaining his feet again.
At length the Indian chief uttered a savage yell, and, collecting all his strength in a supreme effort, threw Leon, who dragged him down with him.
Suddenly Austen was enveloped in a flame of wrath that rose without warning and blinded him, and it was with a supreme effort to control himself that he stopped in the doorway.
Botcher and Bascom are inducing him to think that he has--by making a supreme effort.
There was a new expression on her face, and the light of a supreme effort in her eyes.
Making a supreme effortto subdue the emotion that overpowered him, he went down into the vault by means of a light ladder leaning against one of the walls, and several of his comrades followed him.
She made a supreme effort not to break out in sobs; and big tears, resembling diamonds of matchless beauty, rolled slowly down from between her long, trembling eyelashes.
Making a supreme effort, she looked fixedly at the old man to see if she could read in his face what were his real thoughts.
He begged the doctor to make a supreme effort, to attempt the impossible; but, pointing to the dying man with trembling hands, Giordano shook his head.
Was it not that he intended to make a supreme effort to believe, that he meant to fall upon his knees like a little child, and beg the all-powerful Mother to restore his lost faith?
On the following day, April 27th, despite the fact that his forces were almost exhausted, Sir Ian Hamilton called upon them for a supreme effort.
But next morning Cadorna received word from his aeroplane scouts and his spies that the enemy was massing for a supreme effort.
Tired as they were, they increased their speed by a supreme effort for a minute or so, and then as if by the same impulse all looked back.
Then the fleeing youth made another supreme effort, and he drew clear of his pursuers by some yards.
We are to make--at least in spite of disappointments we hope and believe we are to make--a supreme effort to relieve Ladysmith.
Everyone has been well fed, reinforced and inspirited, and all are prepared for a supreme effort, in which we shall either reach Ladysmith or be flung back truly beaten with a loss of six or seven thousand men.
Nor would the General consent to imperil the ultimate success by asking his soldiers to make a supreme effort to redress a false tactical move.
By a supreme effort he keeps himself from taking her in his arms and giving her one last embrace; but honor, the hour, the situation, all alike forbid.
I wish you, my dearest friend, to make once again a supreme effort to come to a full understanding with the friends outside.
As the first Bahá’í century draws to a close, a supreme effort should be exerted by the believers in order to consummate befittingly the task they have arisen to achieve.
But by this time, thanks to a supreme effort of will, the clerk had recovered his self-control.
Perhaps he would have fled at the last moment if he could have done so; and he was only able by a supreme effort to control his excitement.
And, gathering up all the energy of which the human heart is capable, he had made a supreme effort at the decisive moment, and kept his word.
The hunters, by a supreme effort of their will, increased their speed, which was already incredible, and at length entered the scene of action.
When he saw that the Redskin, with the fatalism peculiar to his race, gave up the contest for life, he resolved to make a supreme effort, and attempt impossibilities.
By a supreme effort, the maiden succeeded in calming herself; her features reassumed their ordinary tranquillity, she wiped away her tears, and smiled at the hunter, who anxiously watched her.
With a supreme effort he conquered his anger, and sat down quietly opposite his cousin.
His eyes, however, had now taken on an expression of intense hatred, and suddenly by a supreme effort he arose to his feet and remained standing.
By a supreme effort, however, Reuben succeeded in bringing the pony to a walk, and though there were moments when his mount was so terrified that it almost crouched upon the ground, still he was able to prevent it from running.
As if by a supreme effort, he controlled himself and traced the profile on his paper.
And so they came to the house, and Mary, by a supreme effort, was able to walk with assistance and to enter without disturbing the household.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "supreme effort" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
