It was an avalanche of fury that Johnson strove vainly to fend off.

They were Maud's hands, striving vainly to tear loose the hand that was throttling me.

As he came to a stop the little man had stalled his motor and was vainly striving to revive it.

What tragic argument might be there vainly striving to confute the gentle dead?

Quivering uncontrollably, I strove vainly to lift myself to a sitting posture.

Almost frozen with fear, she vainly strove to effect the trick.

"Violence is unnecessary, my lord," she said, vainly striving to speak coolly and firmly.

The old man saw him coming, and vainly strove to elude his grasp.

It came to me that his was the action of a man striving vainly against a weariness unutterable.

Through the eighth round his opponent strove vainly to repeat the uppercut.