After many fruitless trips to Tower Records, a friend suggested he try "69 Love Songs," which appeared in 1999.

They could have left their spare suit there, but he would not risk a fruitless trip, and had no time for any kind of trip.

They did so on a night at Continental Arena that was supposed to be relatively relaxing after a fruitless four-game Western trip.

"We got a lot of preliminary work done so it wasn't a fruitless trip," he said.

The sergeant nodded sagely, trying to work out how best to dissuade his boss from a fruitless trip to the country.

Mr Williamson was reduced to fruitless trips between the car and the telephone.

Joe did not take the matter seriously, though he was disappointed at having made a fruitless trip to San Jose.

Even the fruitless trips into the hellish pit proved educational.

He recovered enough to continue on to Rome, however, although it was a fruitless trip.

They'll have my head if they make a fruitless trip.