She made a conscious effort to appear to be happy, so everyone would leave her alone.

Here, you have to make a conscious effort not to.

He reached out slowly, as if with a conscious effort, and took hold of both my arms.

It wasn't a conscious effort or done for any particular effect.

It takes a conscious effort to make these little but significant changes in the way you ask for support.

Instead, he made a conscious effort to look out the window.

Do you make a conscious effort to keep the marriage going?

"But we made a conscious effort to go out there and play with more energy."

My wife and I have been making a conscious effort to spend more time together.

For certainly what we did came about through no conscious effort.