Sentence examples for in a fruitless from inspiring English sources

Nelson gave chase, but after arriving in the Caribbean spent June in a fruitless search for the fleet.

Her support dissipated in a fruitless search for a site.

Most spend years dieting and regaining, dieting and regaining, in a fruitless, frustrating cycle.

But Washington managed just one shot on goal in a fruitless man-advantage.

By then, though, the Lions were embroiled in a fruitless game of catch-up.

Gordon Brown absurdly floated a state funeral in a fruitless attempt to appease the Daily Mail.

Much time was wasted in a fruitless pursuit of Riccardo Muti.

Ukrainian jets and helicopters fly overhead in a fruitless attempt to intimidate the locals.

I rummaged through my daughter's room in a fruitless quest for an old set of tangrams.

They also dug about 200 feet of horizontal shafts in a fruitless search for the tunnel.

In a fruitless attempt to win his allegiance, Charles then made him earl of Leven and Lord Balgonie (October 1641).