Sentence examples for would be in vain from inspiring English sources

I know it would be in vain.

Most of this elegance would be in vain, however, if the English version of Molière's language were stilted or simplistic.

But human striving would be in vain if it were not for the "Liebe von oben" ("supernal love"), the divine love embodied in Margarete.

Like others, she feared that Rowling's plea for fans not to broadcast the secret of the story would be in vain.

In his Summa theologiae (1265/66 73), Aquinas wrote that, if humans do not have free will, all "counsels, exhortations, commands, prohibitions, rewards, and punishments would be in vain"; such a conclusion is simply inconceivable.

That sense was echoed by Hesham Alaa, a young religious activist who left the Center Party after the revolution for fear that his work there would be in vain.

He declared that the deaths of so many brave soldiers would not be in vain, that slavery would end as a result of the losses, and the future of democracy in the world would be assured, that "government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth".

Like many of you, I had hoped that Brown's death would not be in vain and that it would lead to a national dialogue about how to reverse this trend of deadly police force that disproportionately impacts communities of color.

At a news conference with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in Ramallah on Nov. 7, Mr. Abbas said the Palestinians wanted the new administration to start addressing Middle East issues and the peace effort "immediately," so that time would not be wasted and previous efforts would not be in vain.

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.

She also voted, she said, so that her parents' deaths would not be in vain.