Sentence examples for attempt fruitless from inspiring English sources

The delay, he said, might have allowed pressure to increase in the well, rendering the attempt fruitless when it was tried at the end of May.

However, when the handover delay is smaller than the already agreed delay and the first compensation attempt is fruitless, we perform a second compensation attempt (i.e., the third point in the abscissa axis).

If HO d  < Adi,j but the first delay compensation attempt is fruitless (i.e., for example due to an update of the QoS values offered by the routes), a second delay compensation will be performed.

The attempt was fruitless, as Milner spoke only English and the villagers had no knowledge of European ports or languages.

In the 1950s, authorities officially began attempting to control the beastly flora, but the attempts were fruitless.

Biggar, his right thigh heavily strapped, tried to run off the injury but his attempts proved fruitless and the early exit will undoubtedly prove a concern for the national coach, Warren Gatland, three weeks before this season's Six Nations kicks off.

My initial attempts proved fruitless.

Attempts were made to isolate insulin from the pancreas, but because of the presence of digestive enzymes in the exocrine part of the pancreas, these attempts proved fruitless.

A huge amount of time, thought and effort goes into fruitless attempts from within the theatre and the wider arts communities to solve these huge social problems.

Gordon Brown absurdly floated a state funeral in a fruitless attempt to appease the Daily Mail.

East meets west in yet another fruitless attempt to create a pan-global blockbuster.