exercise in futility

Even though doing so may well be an exercise in futility.

But at this point, to try would be an exercise in futility.

And they did not speak any language I knew, so the whole business was an exercise in futility.

MI5 never even followed up on this exercise in futility.

He already knew that it was an exercise in futility.

"It would be an exercise in futility to take this case any further."

Trying to report this crime was an exercise in futility.

The defense attorney says it is an exercise in futility.

Fighting about what we don't want to do is an exercise in futility.

The second period was an exercise in futility for both teams until the final five minutes.

For some, it already feels like an exercise in futility.

Not having a quality candidate is an exercise in futility.

The entire operation was considered to be an exercise in futility.

But Cook does not believe this series is an exercise in futility.

Had the Intervention been nothing but an exercise in futility after all?

Trying to tell a wolf what to do is an exercise in futility.

"But sometimes, you just wonder whether this is going to become an exercise in futility."

Maybe looking for that kind of meaning was nothing more than an exercise in futility.

It would have been an exercise in futility, just like hit entire career, he now realized.

But another part of him understood that such an act would be an exercise in futility.

But now scientists are beginning to think that the treatment may be little more than an exercise in futility.

And to argue about it is an exercise in futility.

Normally, running without the Democratic line would be an exercise in futility.

Well, it's almost certainly an exercise in futility, but run through all the tests and see if we can come up with anything.

I told you this would be an exercise in futility," he said now. "