Sentence examples similar to vain triumph from inspiring English sources
They smiled a shrugging smile, both thinking of vain Ralph de Courcy whose triumph seemed hollow now, robbed by time of its drama& the confusions of accidental cruelty.
After a number of failed uprisings throughout the 20th century, the Kurds under separatist leader Massoud Barzani sided with Iran in its war against Saddam Hussein, in the vain hope that their allies might triumph and grant the Kurds independence.
Such an ill-timed charge was not only comical, but also underlines how his eviction from government has been misunderstood.Mr Montebourg portrayed it as a triumph of harsh French austerians over his vain heroic efforts to put growth first.
His bleak and influential book, "The Triumph of the Therapeutic" (1966), described modern man's search, vain in most cases, for creeds to replace the ones that psychoanalysis undermines.
He fought in the name of a larger freedom, part of that arsenal of democracy that triumphed over evil, and he did not fight in vain.
FIVE, 34-14; Triumphs After Getting Early Lead in Hard-Fought Game -- Losers Rally in Vain.
Milwaukee has a bridge named after Daniel Hoan and a municipal building named for Frank Zeidler, but Milwaukeeans will look in vain for a landmark named for Victor Berger, who was the genius behind the Socialists' initial triumphs.
The bravery and poignancy of other images allowed ordinary people to believe that the human spirit would triumph in the end, and, importantly, this visual permanent record made people feel sacrifice would not be in vain.
