The man tried to smile, but the effort died on his lips.

An effort in 1994 to bring down the flag died for lack of support.

All my efforts have died like a hopeless shout upon the desert air.

But prospects for such legislation appear dim; similar efforts died in 1988.

But the efforts died because of inertia or bureaucratic resistance.

Two recent efforts to institute additional standards for security guards both died in legislative committees.

Across the last decade, numerous efforts to refine the campaign finance laws have died.

This year a similar effort died in a day.

A statute would involve the House and perhaps a conference, where past efforts had died.

An effort to do more, by legislation, died in the Senate.