Sentence examples for ineffectual warnings from inspiring English sources

Boards nailed on a slant across the doors carry boldly lettered but apparently ineffectual warnings against vandalism and trespass.

Kofi Annan has been slow to act and his warnings have been ineffectual.

In these taut, powerful short stories, children operate in a secret world of their own, parents seem well meaning but ineffectual, and violence erupts without warning.

After about two years of ineffectual diplomacy, whether or how he chooses to follow through on his warning about chemical weapons could shape his remaining time in office.

A bit ineffectual.

The parliamentary opposition is ineffectual.

Traffic police are ineffectual.

It has proved ineffectual.

Saints can be ineffectual.

Both fathers are ineffectual.

Cites ineffectual reforms by the S.E.