Sentence examples for fruitless fights from inspiring English sources

A word for two losers of astonishing fortitude on the undercard, Gary Sykes and Andrew Robinson, both of whom might have been saved from long and fruitless fights by more compassionate refereeing.

He had picked a fruitless fight, and put himself at a further disadvantage by failing to understand his opponent.

In 2007, Silicon Valley companies stayed in the background, and after a bruising and finally fruitless fight with labor unions, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce lost enthusiasm.

Cadotte convinced Buffalo and the others that it would be fruitless to fight the Americans.

Antagonistic competition is zero-sum because what is taken by the winners is lost for the losers, and it is also self-limiting because animals necessarily avoid useless fights and fruitless interactions and debates, thus converging toward antagonistic equilibriums, those of linear rank orders.

While they acknowledged that it was fruitless for them to fight the Fed chairman publicly, some of them said privately that he would receive less deference on Capitol Hill in the future.

Both sides agree that most of the deaths were incurred when Israeli troops, caught in a fire-fight after a fruitless raid on wanted suspects' homes, called in the support of helicopters.

Instead, Metternich chose to fight an overwhelmingly fruitless (and potentially counter-productive) war against the forces of liberalism and nationalism.

In 1339 and 1340 he fought in Philip's fruitless campaigns against Edward III.

Moreover, administration officials said it was fruitless for government to try to fight the collective judgment of the markets about the relative values of currencies.

Our daily fight against nature is a fruitless pursuit, yet one we never seem willing to abandon.