Sentence examples for futile than from inspiring English sources

All in vain?" — he answers himself by seeming to speak again of his own challenging work: "Not more futile than other futilities.

"The world [of Congress] is more futile than you thought.

Heading into last night's game, the Expos were even more futile than the Mets.

Round robins are lists of achievements more futile than a cardboard yule log.

When it comes to losing streaks, it's difficult to conjure one longer or more futile than the one established by Britain in the America's Cup.

So when Mitt Romney travelled to Houston, earlier this week, to address the group's hundred and third annual convention, his task was, if anything, even more futile than McCain's had been.

In such cases, while the aspect of "refusal" is stronger than "futility," "futile" because of "refusal" might be accepted depending on the degree to which those involved and society respect the patient's self-determination.

Pain has become nobler than pleasure; work, however foolish or futile, nobler than play; and denying ourselves even the most harmless delights marks the suitably somber outlook on life".

A more depressing and futile quest than J.'s pursuit of the junketeer record can hardly be imagined; and yet, the deeper I read into the novel, the more sense his quest made to me.

None has been more aggressive in his insistence on an end to this futile policy than Donald Trump but last night, in a blaze of confusion and improvisation, he gave the promise of one of the biggest diplomatic concessions of all: a meeting with the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un.

Laypeople are more supportive of providing potentially futile treatments than physicians.