Next, in his frantic efforts to escape, he was doing the worst thing possible.
Did he use up all his ability in one mad, willful effort to escape?
In an effort to escape he begins to scale the building.
He wondered that they had made no effort to escape.
Now he make his most effort to escape us.
She had responded to his threats by making an effort to escape.
In an effort to escape, he jumped into the river, and drowned.
The women continued their effort to escape by wading across the lake.
Thus he makes an effort to escape by way of digging.
Without the man in black to help him, Cliff's efforts to escape could be no more than futile.