Sentence examples for however fruitless from inspiring English sources

Undisclosed observation, however fruitless, produces private knowledge, secret power — and a sense of agency and potency that is almost certainly treacherous.

For all the intramural sniping, the old combat sergeant admits he enjoys the extra political notice and power that seems to come with the vice-presidential speculation, however fruitless it may prove.

Because as we have seen before, for the Obama administration, when it comes to Israel negotiations -- any negotiations, however fruitless -- are the preferred substitute for real accountability.

The trip, however, proved fruitless.

An attempt to escape, however, proved fruitless, and succeeded only in getting Marguerite sent back to France.

Trying to persuade the director, my classmate, Jeffrey Beecroft, that I wasn't right for the part however, proved fruitless, as his logic was fairly unassailable; I was the only African-American boy in the 5th Grade.

The search for a fossil showing transitional traits between apes and humans, however, was fruitless until the young Dutch geologist Eugène Dubois found a skullcap, a molar and a femur on the banks of Solo River, Java in 1891.

It is fruitless, however, to look for universal correctness in the playing of this music.

The journey proved fruitless, however, and they soon returned to New Spain Mexicoo).

Such efforts, however, were largely fruitless, and the Confederates had little success in developing medicines from their own resources.

Weeks of negotiations with the opposition proved fruitless, however, and after more than two months Hariri announced that he would abandon attempts to form the government and would step down as prime minister-designate.