Sentence examples for fruitless battle from inspiring English sources

But it could be a long, fruitless battle.

Sunday morning, after waging a fruitless battle with my caffeine fix, I decided to go out at 6 30 a.m. to find a large regular.

I will not soon forget her final scene as the boyish prince, when, after a fruitless battle, Jonathas dies in David's arms.

Lawyers for the two men said the government's fruitless battle was an example of bogus terrorism charges made on the ground of guilt by association.

The creation of Israel, the British-French seizure of the Suez Canal in 1956 -- against American opposition -- and the fruitless battle for a Palestinian state added to discontent.

In any case, he says, an ultimately fruitless battle to regain full fitness after a series of operations was more important to him than telling his colleagues about his sexual orientation.

Rather than subdue the movement, the pressure convinced many activists to shift away from the increasingly fruitless battles in party-run courts and toward broader and more public campaigning for political change.

Though the prevailing view in the White House is that there is enough overlap between Republicans and Democrats to make it worth pursuing, veterans of fruitless battles with Congress are more skeptical.

Spurred by a sense of injustice and disappointment, she has spent six years writing a hefty tome which she claims is the "true story" and is pursuing so far fruitless legal battles.

The dumbasses we call "leaders" constantly lose these fruitless court battles, but in the process, millions of tax dollars are wiped up with shit and flushed down the john.

N.B.A. players may be reluctant to follow the lead of their N.F.L. peers after watching the largely fruitless four-month legal battle.