Miller gave the Mets the sort of inspired effort the team was seeking when he was named the starting center fielder.

They took advantage with a superior performance by their backcourt and an inspired effort up front.

It was difficult, even in the hard-packed sand, but they gave it an inspired effort.

Christie followed his 13-point, 11-rebound performance in Game 4 with another inspired effort.

Occasionally life-forms make inspired efforts to benefit from it, but they have no reason to suffer at all from something so weak.

But the ground defenses were making their final inspired effort to slow the hurtling mass of death.

Jones's rise has been judged an example of inspired effort or academic corner-cutting, depending on one's vantage point.

Smolinski, on an inspired individual effort, and Berard, on the power play, extended the lead to 4-1 by the end of the period.

"You had to know they were going to come out against us and give an inspired effort, at least early."

The ballet is not one of Balanchine's most inspired efforts.