fruitlessly

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• My first few attempts to access Dunbar Creek via the bridge on Sea Island were dead-end, fruitless chases.

• He also thinks that, even after decades of fruitless discussion, it’s finally gaining steam.

• The impending change in self-isolation protocol made it seem especially fruitless.

• However, my largely fruitless examination of the state-by-state figures did turn up a few points of interest.

• For as long as I’ve been hiking, finding trail pants that really fit has been a fruitless endeavor.

• The site runs tremendously slowly, and its attempts to interact with members through a messaging platform have proven fruitless.

• The latter had had a lovely if fruitless game, running rings around the U.S. defense but failing, repeatedly, to score.

• "My pre-emptive action of hand shaking was fruitless," Hatami said, explaining the kiss.

• My search was fruitless, and after a while I gave it up and came back to find Mr. Wilde squatting on his high chair by the table.

• The effort proved fruitless, with the locals alleging they had not seen or heard a thing.

• His search has always hitherto been fruitless, and he has sunk back, disheartened, into the sea.

• Our progress became monotonous, a succession of fruitless attempts to advance; hopeless, like wandering in a subtle maze.

• After this, I made several attempts to give her the Small-pox by inoculation, but they all proved fruitless.

• Nothing could be more simple, more just, more useful; but his efforts were fruitless.

• Abercrombie, finding the attack fruitless, ordered a retreat after a contest of near four hours.