Sentence examples similar to a fruitless decade from inspiring English sources

So fundamental was Botham to England's method that the selectors spent a fruitless, decade-long search trying to find someone to emulate him.

Mr Abbas "epitomises the decades devoted to a fruitless peace process and trust in the international community," says a Palestinian businesswoman, who stayed away from the rallies.

It is a fruitless delusion.

It is a fruitless but enjoyable debate.

Oh days given over to a fruitless.

That probably will prove a fruitless exercise.

It was not, however, a fruitless outing.

It was, apparently, a fruitless quest.

After a fruitless half-hour, he left.

I then had a fruitless conversation with a supervisor.

Federal Trade Commission once again to launch a fruitless investigation.