Sentence examples for futile for him from inspiring English sources

Without their support, he says, it is futile for him to continue the fight.

Valentine, then the Mets' manager, told him it would be futile for him to set any offensive goals.

In an odd way, this takes some pressure off Hayes, because it suggests that it would be futile for him to radically overhaul his program.

Indeed, on two fairly recent occasions, when the leadership of his party fell vacant, he was judged to be so lacking in both that it would be futile for him even to stand as a candidate.

Rodriguez said it was futile for him to talk about his relationship with Jeter because the proof of their fondness for each other would be visible in how they treat each other, especially in front of countless reporters and fans observing the dynamic between the dynamic duo.

But then he tells her that it is futile for them to care for each other as Frank would surely do something dreadful to them.

The tobacco companies have walked out, saying it would be futile for them to negotiate further with lawmakers who are mostly interested in punitive taxes and penalties.

Preferably, by making it futile for them to try to buy our government, this strategy of neutralization will result in both them and me both backing off.

He existed largely in old military files filled with dental charts, plaintive letters from his mother, and typed reports about the Army's futile attempts to account for him.

One aim seems to be to send a signal to voters that whatever they do, Tsvangirai will never rule, making voting for him futile and dangerous.

'It would have been futile for me or anyone else to protest,' she wrote.