After a moment's fruitless struggle, I gave up and laughed too.

Finally, after rounds of layoffs and fruitless struggles to save the mills, he called.

As had happened previously, it was a fruitless struggle.

The other lazar ceased their fruitless struggle, gathered around their leader.

From the endless and fruitless struggle to understand?

Todd found the cry pleasant, as he did her fruitless struggles to free herself, or, lacking that, to at least bring her legs together.

After a long fruitless struggle, Idalia opened her eyes with a sigh.

After years of fruitless struggle, they said, everything was suddenly moving a little too fast.

Loyse across the few feet of space which separated them could sense the agony of his fruitless struggle.

Demoralized by years of fruitless struggle and exile, the major opposition groups began to sue for peace.