If he has frightened a fish he may 'give the water a rest for half-an-hour,' but his main endeavour, viz.

Finding a way of trading off between criteria is one of the main endeavors in the MCDM literature.

Handicrafts arose insofar as they were needed to support the main endeavour, farming.

In 2010 Lister occasionally still wrote poetry, although his main endeavor from about 1980 on was painting.

However, Seal has always published original books; it is just not the imprint's main endeavor.

His main intellectual endeavour was to study, elaborate upon and teach Thomistic writings and doctrines, of which he was an expert.

He said Lordship's main endeavor is making military decorations.

Although unsuccessful in their main endeavour, Morton chanced upon a profitable side-line in selling horseshoe nails.

"It's become part of the main endeavor."

Shackleton's expedition was an epic adventure, but failed completely in its main endeavour of a transcontinental crossing.