Sentence examples for futile boat from inspiring English sources
Álvaro Mutis, a Colombian poet and novelist who created one of Latin American literature's more memorable characters, the rambling and ruminative Maqroll, an inadvertent explorer of jungles and his own jaded soul for whom life seemed a long and futile boat ride, mostly upriver, often running aground, died on Sept. 22 in Mexico City.
When the surging water ripped apart his house, he and his family scrambled onto their small boat in a futile attempt to outrun the intensifying cyclone.
"Releasing demographic information also risks encouraging the chain migration of those of similar circumstance to use boats in an attempt, a futile attempt, to get to Australia," he said.
Since 1995 the federal government has provided $140 million to buy up boats and permits in a futile effort to protect overfished species.
Thad Allen pointed out in a press conference that boats are still skimming on the surface, a futile gesture when the dispersant Corexit is being used to break down oil on the surface.
The boat was rescued almost as soon as the four jumped off, making their ordeal futile.
Resistance may be futile.
Futile rage helps nobody.
Their protests were futile.
