Sentence examples for were all for naught from inspiring English sources
Their efforts were all for naught, though.
It's as if your time and effort were all for naught.
And if the outcome of my decision doesn't look exactly as I imagined and I return to academia before I write my book, does that mean that my efforts and risk-taking were all for naught?
It looked like the inspirational talk of the year, and then it looked as if it were all for naught, but the final score showed the Lakers holding off the Spurs, 93-91, in Game 4 of the Western Conference finals Tuesday at AT&T; Center.
The former NFL quarterback suggested that the disappointment these players feel after losing the title is natural, if extreme -- explaining that, in his mind, even if the Super Bowl runner-up proves itself to be No. 2 club in the league that year, that ultimate championship loss makes it seem as if it were all for naught.
It was all for naught, however.
But it was all for naught.
But it may be all for naught.
This could be all for naught.
Lose, and the surge will have been all for naught.
