Sentence examples similar to scale of the futility from inspiring English sources

The sheer scope of the futility is impressive.

By the beginning of 1934, a total of 2,250 prosecutions against Nazi stormtroopers and 420 against SS men had, like Hartinger's, been broken off under pressure from the Nazi authorities, indicating the scale as well as the futility of the legal effort to stop Nazi violence.

Eric B. Lipps, New York A war gone bad The futility of the massive scale of the war in Afghanistan and military campaign in Pakistan is indicated by the U.S. report of Qaeda leaders apparently moving from their refuge in the Pakistani tribal areas to safe havens in Somalia and Yemen ("U.S. sees new turf for Qaeda fighters," June 12).

Perhaps something happens when writers are looking up to those they admire: they fall prey to a kind of usage that is an acknowledgment of the futility of trying to scale such Himalayan heights.

Sort of the futility of the whole thing".

Wilfred Owen's poetry spoke of the futility of war.

The impact of the futility concept on decision-making has been hampered by a lack of a clear definition of medical futility itself.

Notions of the futility of CPR risk obscuring the decision-making process.

The IPCC had so successfully impressed us with the seriousness of the challenge and the scale of the actions required to tackle it that the default reaction is too often a helpless shrug at the futility of effort.

The futility of existing – the futility of it all, really.

Indian sources relate mirages to the "thirst of gazelles," a metaphor for the futility of desire.