Another effort to keep his voice down and the grip gentle.

His own efforts had kept him in a highly visible situation.

The hope is that these efforts will keep the government from stepping in.

The additional effort kept him from failing, but that was all.

And the effort to find it only kept me wide awake.

But its efforts did keep the dark ship in one piece.

God knows what effort of will had kept him on his horse at all as the animal walked slowly back.

She makes many efforts to keep peace in the household.

I took a breath, and with an effort kept from speaking.

And I knew what an effort it took for her to keep on going.