Even this minor effort was almost beyond me, and I silently cursed the dangerous extent of my debilitation.

Trust me, by the time you hit your stride, you'll look back on this as a relatively minor effort!

Through hundreds of seemingly minor efforts, the seven charities assisted by the fund sow change across the city.

But it was only a minor effort of will to bring himself back to the matter at hand.

Your minor effort is flattering; it shows that you want him to be an individual to you, not a blank face in a crowd.

In context, after all, even minor efforts can have their fascinations.

With his strength and size, it was only a minor effort.

Unfortunately, beyond minor efforts, none of these programs have materialized.

There have been some minor efforts toward relaxing central control of the economy in the 1980s that involve industrial enterprises.

With a minor effort, he kept his hands relaxed at his sides.