Sentence examples for futile pattern from inspiring English sources

But to those familiar with the subcontinent's history, it signals a continuity with – not a departure from – the futile pattern of India-Pakistan relations.

It is futile to look for deeper patterns in this kind of storytelling.

The local council has form for futile attempts at improving things, most recently pouring money into a geometric paving pattern that is so hypnotically mesmerizing that it nearly killed somebody.

In the Ming dynasty, the influential Wang Shouren (Yangming; 1472 1529) spurned Zhu's method of inquiry altogether after a futile attempt to observe the li (patterning) in the bamboo outside his gate.

Hans Sachs, shoemaker and poet, ruminates on a trap he's just set for Beckmesser; and the orchestra circles, as if in a holding pattern, around a melody symbolising futile, manual work.

Childlike balloon patterns on glassware may have inspired futile thoughts of a return to innocence.

If you are experiencing separation and divorce, this repeated pattern may lead you to believe it's futile to consider joy as part of your daily life.

Teachers recognize the pattern among youngsters, but fighting against the tide is futile, and banning a device to which pupils are so emotionally connected is more destructive than helpful.

Trying to deduce any sort of consistent pattern to the LGBT scene's evolution seems to be a futile exercise.

The change in strategy suggested by the 'Increase bait density' option proved to be futile and thus inappropriate because the proportion of fox groups not reached by the flight pattern remains constant.

Given the large throughput in LC-HRMS experiments, a visual detection of systematic signal patterns to pinpoint the presence of unknown homologous compounds from the accumulated data is futile.