My knees went weak with the effort to concentrate.

I'd been conditioned against touching myself at a time like that, and I went to my knees with the effort of trying to fight hack.

It would tell her if deep down she really wanted to go on with the gigantic effort of living.

Vassily was almost going cross-eyed with the effort of trying to understand the Citizen's train of thought.

She narrowly stopped herself laughing out loud, feeling her cheeks go pink with the effort of containment.

Dolour's face went scarlet with the effort of keeping her giggles under control.

Father Donahue was going bright pink with the effort of pretending that he didn't understand any French.

Tanned face gone crimson with the effort of trying to remember the techniques of rhetoric, the Great Man ground his teeth.

The creature sniffed it, went cross-eyed with the effort of thought, and then bit his fingers.

As a result, it remains unclear just how far the commission can go with the new effort.