Pirates make a futile attack on a U.S. ship off the coast of Somalia.
Haig launched another futile attack on October 12, followed by three more attacks, scarcely more successful, in the last 10 days of October.
In 2013, Sufi wrote an essay for the Menzies House website arguing that same-sex marriage proponents in Australia were orchestrating a "perfidious and futile attack on language".
Max Hastings wrote that the bombing came to be seen by many as "one of the most futile air attacks of the war" and Beevor called the attack a "disaster".
At least 1,000 Iraqi fighters were killed in what seemed like futile, fanatical attacks against tanks and armored vehicles.
The only similar (futile) attempt was after the war of 1812, when the government set up a commission to compensate those who had lost property in British attacks.The fund is also inconsistent by nature.
Let's keep it simple and remember that we're talking about the league's top-ranked pass defense against the league's most futile passing attack.
Following the defeat of d'Erlon's Corps, Ney had few infantry reserves left, as most of the infantry been committed either to the futile Hougoumont attack or to the defence of the French right.
The Spartans initially held out against the allies, but their resistance was hampered by the fact that the Romans' large shields made missile attacks futile.
