Sentence examples for fruitless making from inspiring English sources

The lead attorney for the city, Bruce Bennett, said efforts to negotiate concessions with unions and retiree groups this summer were fruitless, making a bankruptcy filing the only viable option for Mr. Snyder and Mr. Orr to pursue.

A report in the Australian newspaper on Saturday said Fifield and the NBN chief executive, Bill Morrow, had kept in contact about the government-owned broadband company's internal efforts to track down the leaker of the documents, and as those efforts proved fruitless, Morrow made clear he was considering referring the case to the AFP.

The years of sanctions and fruitless negotiations make it clear that symbolic gestures are not enough.

The author refers to the categories of states to which the declaration is addressed and the somewhat fruitless efforts made in the United Nations toward the preparation of an international conference on the Indian Ocean.

After making fruitless calls to the police, she discovers that the intended victim is herself.

THIRTY years ago, when her son Kenny was born, Joanne Consentino began making fruitless trips down the aisles of toy stores.

After a few fruitless months of making the rounds, talking to agents and trying to see producers, she turned to modeling dresses and then worked as a waitress at a hotel.

This largely fruitless attempt at making summer a reality, a tangible, real thing, only serves to remind us how terrible most summers are.

After making fruitless attempts to track down this blind man, Myers and the gallery set out to find a blind artist and paint their tactile portrait.

Please save me from making such fruitless journeys again.

After making a fruitless trip in 2006 to Indonesia to find speakers of Mamuju, he attended a family wedding two years ago in Queens.