Sentence examples similar to futile suggestions from inspiring English sources
Just as the absence of Iran from talks about Iraq and Afghanistan proved futile, any suggestion not to include Israel alongside the US will lead to the likely failure of such talks.
Equally futile is the suggestion made by speculator George Soros that the IMF and G-7 countries impose a currency board on Russia.
Nicholas rejected the suggestion and issued futile orders for troops to move on Petrograd.
Not long after that, during a session where my wife expressed tearful frustration and we both felt exasperated that our attempts at play therapy seemed so futile, the same counselor made a suggestion: "You need to let yourselves grieve".
But while it reminds that political disenchantment is nothing new, there's a weary cynicism in its suggestion that protest is futile and there's little we can do to bring about real change.
The Lib Dems' suggestion that a Labour vote would be futile isn't true at all.
Her mere suggestion that women have bought into a futile fantasy -- a triple threat of fabulous career, personal fulfillment and caregiver extraordinaire -- has stirred up swarms of bitter bees from all directions.
If you always override someone's suggestions or comments, over time they will find it futile and will cease speaking their mind.
(The Chinese embassy has reacted with umbrage — "Any attempts to defame China with fabricated allegations will prove futile," a spokesman said — though I'm not clear if the defamation is the suggestion of espionage or the suggestion of such a ham-fisted attempt at it).
Passing the obvious issue whether it would be futile or burdensome for an unmarried fatherwithout funds and already once presumed unfitto petition for custody, this suggestion overlooks the fact that legal custody is not parenthood or adoption.
