Sentence examples for had been useless from inspiring English sources

Galloway had been "useless", he said.

But when we heard what the councilman said, we realized it had been useless".

A Princeton animal control officer, Mark Johnson, said the reflectors had been useless in reducing collisions.

When Grandpa died, she told me, Grandma had been "useless" and had left her to do everything.

Showing trademark contrition in September: Nick Faldo, who was widely criticised for telling NBC that Sergio Garcia had been "useless" at the 2008 Ryder Cup.

The film-mad dictator, who died in 2011, urged the couple to show the people of North Korea "a good example through your creative films", admitting that his country's efforts had been "useless".

After carrying Cravan for six rounds he glanced at Ricard to see if he had enough film, and with Ricard gesturing helplessly that what he had was useless, Johnson threw a big punch that flattened Cravan.

Since then, it has been useless.

I would have been useless.

Rivals say its elected representatives in Berlin have been useless.

"This winter, those things have been useless," he said.