Sentence examples for seen as futile from inspiring English sources

The protest was widely seen as futile.

Unfortunately, marshalling these intellectual resources to give important 'old' ideas meaning in the twenty-first century is seen as futile, even dangerous.

One source said: "We are looking at ways of changing the culture so that private members' bills are not seen as futile".

Culls are widely seen as futile because of the itinerant nature of the great white, although tagging of a dozen great whites has produced a mixed picture of their movements, says marine ecologist Daniel Bucher, of Southern Cross University.

(This is why all monitoring of the environment tends to be seen as futile in this way of thinking).

There is a rejection by carers of what are seen as futile interventions at the end of life.

(S5) Local stakeholders were frustrated with what they saw as futile research.

The Very Long Sentence could be seen as a futile hedge against separation, an unwillingness to part from loved ones, the world, life itself.

IT WAS inevitable that Tony Blair's meeting with George Bush on May 25th and his speech on foreign policy at Georgetown University the next day would be seen as a futile attempt to deflect attention from troubles closer to home (as in Home Office).

Thus an overt lust for power can be seen as crude and futile.

The dogged persistence Honda has shown in its decades-long quest to perfect hydrogen as a zero-emission replacement for gasoline can be seen as quixotic or futile.