Sentence examples for less futile from inspiring English sources
Composting them somehow felt less futile.
Some small species are so delicate that they explode when touched, making netting them for population surveys more or less futile.
This suggests that the government's policy of shifting gradually to a market-based exchange rate may have been better executed than generally believed; even the measures to support the stock market now look less futile than they did in July.
The bureau's readiness to do so amounts to an admission that our "war" on drugs will be no less futile without those agents than it has been with them.
But this time the rip is being repaired, rather than opened, reversing the trauma of sexuality but also suppressing it — a gesture Buñuel seems to regard as no less unhealthy, and no less futile (the shot also evokes the famous scene in Buñuel's 1953 Mexican film "El," in which the protagonist approaches his sleeping wife holding a needle and thread).
That amounts to 26m tonnes of fish a year, worth more than $23 billion.In this section America's new aristocracy The black flag in Africa Unblocking the pipes First and last do no harm How to catch the overfishermen ReprintsUntil now, trying to stop this illegal trade has been more or less futile.
His eyes were empty, and he looked less than futile.
Among nurses, inclusive leadership by the head nurse prevented intention to quit (P = 0.001) and a composite score of good nurse-physician interactions predicted less perception of futile care (P ≤ 0.001).
In addition, the bears' homing instinct renders any relocation of less than 100 miles futile.
This matters because people who believe that resistance is futile are less likely to resist, and the belief that resistance is futile can become a self-fulfilling prophecy.
You may find yourself thinking, "What am I missing?" "What if I don't respond to a message from work?" "How will I maintain my relationships?" These same thoughts fluttered through my mind, but over the course of the past two years of disconnecting and focusing on just a few key relationships, I was able to come out of my cloud of grief stronger and less bogged down by futile social interactions.
