Sentence examples for made vain from inspiring English sources

In his last years, Bolingbroke lacked any real political influence, though he still made vain efforts to create a patriot ministry.

And Richard makes vain promises to nearly everyone.

Robert Fico, the prime minister, said that he was not in politics to make "vain gestures for [the sake of] gestures".

Taking into account that we have fully recognized an increased quantity (quality) of the submitted papers (iii) and it has resulted in a higher number of accepted papers (ii), making vain the point relative to the citations (i).

As Republicans make vain attempts to improve their electoral appeal, they are unable to address the basic question: what would they do to help the American people?

So at a single breakfast event, he has violated at least two of the Ten Commandments--one that condemns making "vain" requests to God (e.g., for TV ratings) and another that prohibits putting some power (e.g., "hell") before the God to whom one prays.

These issues can result in false alarms (i.e., false positive and false negative errors) coming from medical diagnoses and leading to make vain efforts in actions taking.

The Seahawks' long trip will not have been made in vain.

To this end, he made a vain effort to reinstate the simple martial virtues of the early Tokugawa period.

Last April, the government made a vain attempt to ban gatherings on the avenue, causing more violent clashes.

Ewart's conclusion: "the worst journey in the world in the interest of science was not made in vain".