Sentence examples for mostly in vain from inspiring English sources
Mostly in vain, it seems.
In winter we longed, mostly in vain, for sleddable snow.
He lost his apartment, spent all his money, and searched, mostly in vain, for paying work.
Her lawyer has offered objections, mostly in vain, accusing Mr. Hardin of harassment.
Everyone on the plane worked their cell phones trying to contact people in New York, mostly in vain.
Others were practical, from members who had searched, mostly in vain, for their own quiet places over the years.
The impact of both has been dwindling, but the lives of those buried here are a testament to the sacrifice called forth, mostly not in vain and hardly unmixed with pleasure.
Rodgers, building his statistics mostly in a vain attempt for a late comeback, completed 26 of 39 passes for 257 yards and 2 touchdowns with an interception.
After 12 years of searching, mostly offshore and invariably in vain, they began digging on a coastal plain near the town of Aigion, 45 miles northwest of Corinth.
Long's "Forbidden Apple" promises a century of sex and sin, but seekers of vivid portrayals of New York's sexual high life will have to be satisfied instead with a history that comes alive mostly in descriptions of the vain efforts to keep that high life down.
Nonetheless, worried Chinese combed pharmacies on Thursday in a mostly vain search for potassium iodide tablets, which are believed to decrease the risk of developing thyroid cancer from nuclear radiation.
