Then he continued to search fruitlessly for his pig.

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

Another day it was a blackbird watching them search fruitlessly.

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

Grant paused, appearing confused as he searched fruitlessly for an answer.

After recovering the egg, the police fruitlessly search for Kid's body.

She had been fruitlessly searching for over ten minutes now and saw immediately that he had done the right thing: look where people weren't, usually.

For a moment his hands searched fruitlessly, then found what they'd been looking for.

In her own dreams, she was always fruitlessly searching dull desertscapes for something.

Adoptive families say they often search fruitlessly for counselors to help their children.