Sentence examples for make fruitless from inspiring English sources

First displayed on the internal network as a way to show lab workers when the coffee was ready so they would not have to make fruitless journeys to the coffee machine, the site went global in 1993.

During the Crimean War the allied generals made fruitless attempts to discipline them.

After making fruitless calls to the police, she discovers that the intended victim is herself.

Mr. Hussain testified that he made fruitless visits to Mr. Cromitie's house and left many unreturned voice-mails.

THIRTY years ago, when her son Kenny was born, Joanne Consentino began making fruitless trips down the aisles of toy stores.

In the past, the N.B.A. has made fruitless attempts to investigate allegations of secret deals to circumvent the salary cap.

In the weeks leading up to the trial, defense lawyers made fruitless attempts to get Ms. Elliott to meet with them.

"No! 3 days later" reads one anonymous critic's penciled margin note, correcting the travel chronology in an 1880s memoir by Richard Collinson, who had made fruitless searches for the lost explorer John Franklin.

The positive effect of increasing mesh size, from 48 mm to 56 mm, could be made fruitless by an increase in codend circumference.

After making fruitless attempts to track down this blind man, Myers and the gallery set out to find a blind artist and paint their tactile portrait.

Still, the multitude of candidates and highly unpredictable political landscape make predictions fruitless.