I can't think of a more fruitless and self-destructive exercise than rioting.
For the second consecutive game, the Giants' running game was fruitless and feeble.
But regrets are fruitless and you don't miss a child you've never known.
"I knew it would be fruitless and I didn't want to waste the time," Mr. Beane said.
Such efforts, however, were largely fruitless, and the Confederates had little success in developing medicines from their own resources.
His efforts to enlist Japanese support for his cause were fruitless, and in 1659 he decided to settle in Nagasaki.
Those negotiations were fruitless, and Mr. Salamone said he eventually fell "a little behind in the rent".
Translated into the context of the cold war, this meant that appeasement was fruitless and military force indispensable.
European Central Bank president Mario Draghi yesterday labelled the behind-the-scenes briefing as "inappropriate, fruitless and self-defeating".
Peter says he loves being able to reconnect patients with treatment, but his days can also prove fruitless and frustrating.
So far they have been fruitless, and unless an alternative is found soon, the cat association will be forcibly evicted.
