Sentence examples similar to futile try from inspiring English sources
'futile try' is correct and usable in written English
You can use it when someone has attempted to do something with no success or hope of success. For example: "She finally gave up after what felt like a futile try to reason with her son."
He discovered it was futile trying to conform to the role of a prototypical leadoff hitter.
The Council of Mortgage Lenders admits that in the current turmoil it is "futile" trying to predict where house prices are headed.
Drug convictions account for almost half of American prisoners in federal jails.Burned at both endsIf efforts to stem demand have been futile, trying to control supply has been disastrous.
When a player's skills are as captivating as Lionel Messi's it is perhaps futile trying to come up with a plan to stop him; but what is certain is that the forward operates best when allowed time and space between the opposition's back line and midfield.
No more plopping down uneasily on a mattress at a department store in a futile attempt to try it out.
Antonio Holmes, a friend of Walker and of the driver, who he called "Roger", was nearby and ran to the crash site in a futile attempt to try and extinquish the blaze.
Whether his mother has relocated to get him away from all of this, or in a futile attempt to try to avoid paying off her own ever-mounting debts, is open to question.
And frankly, it could be a futile effort to try and address these concerns because they probably mostly come from those people that are stuck in their own ways regardless.
Therefore, it would be an irrelevant and futile effort to try to fit the behaviour of the model perfectly to one single set of in vivo data.
To be able to cope, it is better to recognize, understand and try to work with complexity rather than engage in the futile effort of trying to "reduce" it with linear approaches [ 34, 35].
Your energy is being wasted on the futile effort of trying to force the external world to conform to your vision.
