Sentence examples similar to futile expectations from inspiring English sources
What might have been an invitation to a party ultimately felt like an intrusion on private grief as we joined the few hundred Nottinghamshire romantics sunbathing away the final day of the season in futile expectation of a minor miracle.
However, while the ruling party's policies bore fruit in other Arab countries – as existing regimes were ousted one after another – its expectations proved futile in Syria.
For far too long I have supressed my insanity in order to conform to social expectations and futile self-consciousness".
They proposed that the symptoms seen in children with PRS emerge from the perceived uncontrollability of their future and the expectation that responses are futile.
Hence, categorizing specific CMC/TMC and/or educational technologies as 'advantageous' or 'disadvantageous' appears futile given the relevance of individual perceptions, expectations, and experiences with the same DE environment, learning activities, and academic support resulted in highly divergent responses.
Third, our patients were selected for ICU admission based largely on self-sufficiency and on the expectation that life-supporting treatment would not prove futile.
While prayer can keep hope alive, it may also promote unrealistic expectations that fuel demands for life-preserving technology in medically futile situations.
A family's high expectations and consequent requests to the surgeon contribute to the continuation of therapy considered futile by at least two other consultants (weak evidence) [ 49].
Resistance may be futile.
Futile rage helps nobody.
