Sentence examples for errand against from inspiring English sources

It happened in 2013 to prevent President Barack Obama from another trillion dollar fool's errand against Syria.

This will not weigh which side of town has better gelato or whether there's time to grab dinner al fresco before the movie, but rather will be a cost / benefit analysis computing the importance of the errand against the probability of reaching one's destination without catching a bullet or a prison sentence.

Townsfolk scurried about on errands, bundled against raw, subfreezing weather.

Don't worry about being the first with a technology — that's a fool's errand when you're competing against deep pockets like Apple and Samsung.

Given the deep historical ties, it was probably always a fool's errand to try to set Ukraine against Russia, especially by forcing it to chose over Europe.

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Politico reported that the congressman had staff doing his personal errands, which is against House ethics rules, and then Garrett felt forced to deny rumors that he was going to retire in a rambling statement on a Facebook video.

Betting against the house is a fool's errand.

His controversial decision to leave out arguably the best-known player in the squad, Landon Donovan, also persuaded some US fans that the team was on a fool's errand even before embarking on those "impossible" group matches against Portugal, Ghana and Germany.

"Pitting people of faith against the equality movement is a fool's errand," Wright wrote.

"Those involved in it went on a fool's errand," he said, adding that Republicans should "keep up the fight against Obamacare, but don't shut down the government and have so much collateral damage to innocent Americans".