fruitlessly

We argued fruitlessly for five minutes, and then I tried another approach.

I am not saying that all the money in this budget area has been spent fruitlessly.

We could go on waiting here fruitlessly for months and he did not want to waste the time.

Fruitlessly, Matt tried to remember where he'd seen that look before.

A lot of time might be spent fruitlessly before the entry that one wants is found.

For the past five minutes, she had been fruitlessly trying to raise Gabriel.

They spent that summer on the eastern side, fruitlessly for their search.

Having struck back, however fruitlessly, they no longer felt so helpless.

He frowned down at his equipment after working with it fruitlessly for a moment or so.

Even so, his family still believed he needed care and fruitlessly urged him to return to the hospital.

Suddenly his money is of no benefit, as he searches fruitlessly for the boy.

Yet there are others who have tried fruitlessly; their particular plant never blooms.

The next day she tried fruitlessly to find a home for the baby through the classified advertisements.

Clearly no one had escaped from within while they fruitlessly attempted to break down the door.

They tried fruitlessly to free the women, breaking street lamps and windows.

In 1762 he tried, fruitlessly, to get them printed by subscription.

He searched fruitlessly for half an hour and then decided to try the repair room again.

So the summer had passed fruitlessly and now I had to face another problem.

They had been watching him banging fruitlessly upon the main gate.

For a few weeks, he waved fruitlessly at the workers, who didn't look up.

I then fruitlessly tried to get Linux to boot up.

Without it they might have driven past the track and searched on fruitlessly.

They had been working hard and fruitlessly for me, and it showed.

I know that the Folk are not of those who battle fruitlessly against odds.

He laid a hand on hers and waited, fruitlessly, for her to look at him.