Sentence examples for especially futile from inspiring English sources

Johnson's efforts to lead the Redskins were especially futile in the middle of the game as Washington went nearly two full quarters without a first down.

The Illinois assistant Jay Price, who has coached in the Big Ten for 15 years, said that although players from the state of Illinois were loyal, too, trying to pry a player out of Wisconsin can be an especially futile ambition.

Though it's a funny name, it represents a powerful, seemingly natural result that renders attempts at censorship especially futile in the Internet age.

In countries like these, especially Syria where medical personnel have been targets of violence, solutions to stem the migration or replenish the ranks seem particularly futile.

He just wanted to stop people using morality against their own interests, especially in futile revolts or religious wars.

Called Melh al-Ard – "salt of the earth" in Arabic – the campaign rejects the status quo "especially given futile negotiations destroying the rights of our people for liberation and claim to their land".

But, as the New York Times reported, resistance was futile, especially when one's spine is gelatinous.

Physicians in intensive care units routinely limit treatments they deem futile, especially for terminal illnesses.

Our visit with simple presents seemed futile, especially as most of them would be returning to Gaza after receiving the care that they needed.

But the approach was viewed as largely futile, especially after President Bush lumped Iran with North Korea and Iraq in an "axis of evil" in his 2002 State of the Union address.

Israelis understand that their occupation of the West Bank and siege of Gaza are sources of rage in the Arab street, but many have come to believe that the peace process is futile — especially since President Obama seems to have despaired of achieving meaningful negotiations — and they fear democracy will bring Islamists to power, or at least encourage anti-Israeli politicians.