Sentence examples for equally futile from inspiring English sources

We were too young to understand the terrible futility of "duck and cover". The new prescriptions are equally futile.

Other efforts proved equally futile.

Telephone calls were equally futile.

Equally futile, yes, but at least cheering, Christmassy and completely, satisfyingly silly.

In a setting like this, their images seem to say, blame and nostalgia are equally futile.

The Rangers' sputtering offense had come up empty through 65 minutes of regulation and overtime, matched by an equally futile effort by Boston until a shootout ended the stalemate.

The plane was undeniably beautiful and equally undeniably futile, the most spectacular of many doomed attempts to keep up with Americans.

As a teacher of history, she would be familiar with Solon's admonition to Croesus of Lydia — no one's life can be deemed happy until it is over — which makes her hope for answers equally fascinating and futile.

Mr. Mugabe, who at 77 is seeking re-election, had pushed hard for the new laws, drawing an equally determined but ultimately futile push from the opposition to prevent their passage, which took longer than expected.

Colbert's defense of his comedy, like Patton Oswalt's equally dogged defense of Trevor Noah's futile stabs at it, is no worthier of praise than Daniel Tosh's rapid-fire semi-apology for being a jackass.

After all, closing bad schools only to replace them with equally bad ones is an expensive and futile endeavour.