Sentence examples for futilely trying from inspiring English sources

One piece is futilely trying to hide behind a stack of transparencies.

One extraordinary section describes the frenzies of lovers, who exhaust themselves futilely trying to possess one another.

The pictures showed workers futilely trying to shovel the snow that kept falling on the field during Wednesday's storm.

NARRATIVE 2: Country-First Deal Maker vs. Nonpartisan Pretender Schmidt spent this spring futilely trying to broaden the story line.

Congressional Republicans, salivating over expected huge gains in November, have already miscalculated by futilely trying to sidetrack a financial-regulation overhaul.

During the Democratic primary season, the Howard Dean campaign spent months futilely trying to find out who kept sending Halperin its internal memoranda.

I futilely tried to bend the mechanism into place.

Befuddled federal commanders futilely tried to catch and defeat Shelby's gray ghosts.

After the dirty deeds are done, Joe futilely tries to drown his guilt in booze.

In the ugliest scene, he rolls on top of her and desperately, futilely, tries to force sex on her.

Savion!" The two men hugged, laughed loudly and futilely tried to catch up on the past few years.