Sentence examples for futile duty from inspiring English sources

Now he has volunteered for grim and, very likely, futile duty.

If our treatment does not benefit the patient (futile therapy) then we are duty bound to stop it without undue delay.

It's a series stuck in an impossible rut that's entirely unrelated to the actual quality of what's being made, which makes writing about whether Call of Duty games are good or not seem unbelievably futile.

It was while Cranmer was carrying out this duty that events unfolded that would render the subscriptions futile.

He said: "The government's recent freeze on fuel duty, while welcome, is like rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic - ultimately futile".

"Goodness" involves a rejection of rules as well as duties towards others in favor of pure actions that might be sinful, chaotic and futile.

It is totally futile.

Resistance may be futile.

Futile rage helps nobody.

Their protests were futile.

It's completely futile".