Sentence examples for put the futile from inspiring English sources

When I put the futile question to her, she had answered, "I don't usually like to talk about fees," and added, with uncharacteristic humorlessness, "I feel it is degrading to art to measure it with money".

49ers 23, Cardinals 7 The 49ers have the best defense in the N.F.L. It's no surprise that they were able to do the Cardinals a favor by putting the futile quarterback controversy in the desert to rest.

"I think Hillman would have enough presence of mind to put the central locking on, thus rendering escape futile," writes Sheila Hollins.

Simply put, the available data render a discussion of whether a Ph.D. is a good investment futile.

If the events of 1986 are anything to go by – when the new West German manager Beckenbauer put out futile feelers to entice him to Mexico – you'd have to assume the chances weren't particularly high.

All Lepailleur could do was put a futile hand on Wambach as she sprinted for the back post and leapt off of her right leg — a remnant from her days as a left-handed basketball player.

At times during the process of preparing the wellhead to accept the cap and putting the cap into position, it seemed like this latest effort might prove as futile as the previous ones.

Putting the mice back on a high-fiber diet in an attempt to regain these lost species was futile.

"However both players went towards the end of the day and with the futile decision to put Chris Wright in as a night watchman, he went for 4, the scoreboard suddenly looked a lot brighter from a Durham perspective at 256-5".

There's something strangely futile about trying to put forward the rational, pragmatic case against British airstrikes in Syria.

All the energy put in debating the public option is futile.