Sentence examples for vain for years from inspiring English sources

After America's property prices began falling in earnest, policymakers tried in vain for years to revive them.

Across the state, the Florida Marlins have tried in vain for years to get a new stadium.

In a strange way, the disaster presented an opportunity that many state officials and mental health advocates had been seeking in vain for years.

A size 18 and a couple of stone heavier than ideal, she tried in vain for years to shed the extra.

Neinas could have a much easier time than Beebe, who fought in vain for years to get the conference to agree to fundamental tenets of stability like the grant of rights and revenue sharing.

Doctors have struggled in vain for years to come up with useful treatments.

He tried in vain for several years to secure a federal earmark to build a fence.

His plans are a somewhat improved version of those that Mr Bush has proposed, in vain, for several years.

If it does, it will fulfil the dreams of Martin's collaborator on Wild Cards, Melinda Snodgrass, who has struggled in vain for 12 years to interest film and television producers.

Another excellent story is "A Girl Like Phyl," in which a man is coincidentally thrown together with the daughter (and perfect likeness) of a woman he has loved in vain for 20 years.

After waiting in vain for two years for Congress to meet this issue boldly, Cleveland adopted the extraordinary tactic of devoting his entire annual message in 1887 to a discussion of this question and to an appeal for a lowering of the tariff.