Sentence examples for futile question from inspiring English sources

Yet it led to a futile question.

As far as I can tell, it's a futile question that nobody will ever agree on the answer to; or as I like it call it, 'philosophy'philosophy

When I put the futile question to her, she had answered, "I don't usually like to talk about fees," and added, with uncharacteristic humorlessness, "I feel it is degrading to art to measure it with money".

In a way, these are futile questions.

Somehow, it is harder to place the moment when the excitement of a new year turned to wariness and then to alarm and then to futile questions about the nature of time.

The question is futile to begin with, they say.

This is clearly formulated by Puolimatka ([2009]): "When discussing with dogmatic naturalists it can be futile to raise the question about the truth of evolutionary theory, because from their religious [naturalism taken as religion] viewpoint this question cannot be even posed in a meaningful manner" and "The atheist or agnostic approaches are the only alternatives accepted in the discussion".

A difference in opinion between the treatment team and the parent is based on a question of futile therapy.

Rational and adequate planning and funding are necessary for the task at hand, however the question of futile care and use of scarce resources is daunting.

And she has batted away a daily barrage of "What if" questions from friends, nervous incumbents and reporters — as in "What if Democrats lose their majority?" (Would she run for minority leader? Would she quit Congress?) Efforts to engage Ms. Pelosi on such questions are futile.

An emphasis placed on "never disengaging" from the care of outliers is consequently followed by a myriad of questions regarding futile care.