Sentence examples similar to fruitless operation from inspiring English sources

It is a torturous and fruitless process.

The often fruitless search operations that were the hallmark of the early years of the war suddenly became effective as Iraqis gave Americans information.

The broad outlines of the shooting never changed: Detectives were at the end of a fruitless drug and prostitution operation at Club Kalua in Jamaica, Queens.

His arguments convinced the Truman administration that efforts to continue wartime co-operation with Russia were fruitless.

The doctors could try to save his leg, but that could mean years of operations that might prove fruitless.

The aides said Mr. Clinton had said he would support the tactical operation if the negotiations seemed fruitless.

The end of the rescue operation today followed a day of fruitless attempts to open the rear escape hatch on the Kursk.

Russia may well find itself bogged down in a bloody, ultimately fruitless conflict, especially if it seeks to expand combat operations beyond Assad's Alawite heartland to fight against Sunni forces in predominantly Sunni areas.

After more than four days of fruitless searching, there is an element of desperation creeping into this operation, the BBC's Jonathan Head in Kuala Lumpur reports.

Whatever that point was, whether it was to stop our recruiting operations or something else, obviously it was a fruitless effort".

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.