Sentence examples for for a fruitless from inspiring English sources

Placer paid $1.1 billion in 1999 for a fruitless investment in the Getchell Gold Corporation, which owned a supposedly rich gold deposit in Nevada.

In the 23rd minute, after skipper Scott Brown had a decent effort from inside the box deflected behind for a fruitless corner, Forrest should have doubled Celtic's lead.

For a highly vulnerable household such as Elphas's (Case HV12), the regular stock outs at his closest clinic led to 'shopping around', non-consultation and self-treatment, rather than wasting funds on transport for a fruitless trip to his local clinic.

For some, the frustration of a fruitless search for work is reaching near despair.

It was all part of a fruitless search for a theory or precedent that might explain the terrible predicament that had fallen upon him and his countrymen.

For Chelsea, a fruitless journey home and Elland Road on Wednesday night await.

Trying to sort through the rest is, for now, a fruitless endeavor, which also could have described the state of the Jets' season two weeks ago.

About 8.2% of the home visits were in vain as patients were not at home, and the estimated mean extra time for such a fruitless visit was 44.6 minutes (CI 95% 33.1; 56.1).

Afonso V departed for France in a fruitless search for an alliance, while John defended the frontier and parried a Spanish counterattack.

The Lakers 25-488) certainly weren't pining for themselves after a fruitless trip in which they fell to the NBA's worst team (Milwaukee) and suffered their worst loss ever to Minnesota, 143-107.

Given the evidence that weight reduction is an unattainable goal for most people, this may be a fruitless avenue for health promotion efforts.