Sentence examples for futility of existence from inspiring English sources

Her blank stare only reinforced for me the futility of existence.

The book masterfully combines a thorough anatomy of Bogeyworld with a meditation on the futility of existence.

His most notable dramas, Der tote Tag (1912; "The Dead Day") and Der Findling (1922; "The Foundling"), combine symbolism and realism to present the tragic futility of existence.

To this end, Chuck begins with a plangent guitar instrumental which, from its mournful, despondent tones, almost certainly ponders the futility of existence.

KH: Surveying his handiwork he reflected once again on the futility of existence and how long it had been since he'd had a decent bag of chips.

Elizabeth is prone to blurting out aphorisms, such as "it's easier to give a blow job than make coffee" and "you should be just as happy with the breasts you have as you are with the futility of existence".

It's testament to the scale of drama that you're left almost wishing she was a toaster and had freaked out because of that, rather than being crushed by the overwhelming futility of human existence.

○ None; unless I made one about carrying on with the grinding futility of my existence for another miserable year.

As he scratched his arse, Belacqua was once more overwhelmed with the inevitable futility of his existence.

There was a good-looking girl at a local convent school who not only fancied herself as an existentialist but fancied existentialists, which gave me a strong motive for proclaiming the essential futility of human existence.

But it could perhaps have touched more on those difficult questions about the futility of human existence, the desire to create meaning in our lives, friendship and suffering, that should make this play a more difficult watch.