It was futile to get mad or tell him to stop messing with the clock (as I uselessly tried at first).
With only one Chron-o-John pod left, Bernard, Hoagie and Laverne use it to pursue the tentacles to the previous day, while Dr. Fred uselessly tries to warn them of using the pod together, referencing the film The Fly. Upon arriving, the trio exit the pod only to discover that they have been turned into a three-headed monster, their bodies merging into one during the transfer.
We were all trying (uselessly) not to show it.
I was Sisyphus the Greek king, forever trapped trying uselessly to push a boulder up a hill.
In the first session, Hamilton had had a narrow escape when he spun at Turn Two and his Mercedes initially appeared to be beached on the edge of track - the rear wheels were spinning uselessly as he tried to rejoin.
It's a nice marriage of style and functionality and I look forward to it recording another one of my truncated, gasping runs as I try, uselessly, to become less of a slob.
A tiger snake's sleeping on a ceiling ledge and a very drunk Aussie's trying to chase it, listing uselessly to starboard.
Nurses were cautioned against trying to show false mercy to uselessly sick people; and, in fact, nurses were taught that taking care of 'useless' people did harm to the nurses themselves" [ 43].
Since the rope is at an angle upward, the rest of the force is trying to yank the sled upward, uselessly pulling against gravity.
As a director, what the hell do you do with Jack: fear him, envy him, follow his lead, let him loose, or try, however uselessly, to tamp him down?
