uselessly

He saw the arm fall uselessly to the man's side.

He started to reach for him, then dropped his hands uselessly.

The first five, though, were drifting uselessly near the main group.

She knew how it felt to watch uselessly while your child died a bloody death.

"God knows how many human lives will be thrown away -uselessly!"

Some tried uselessly to scramble up the wall and attack from behind.

He held me up in the air, my legs dangling uselessly.

She began to fight uselessly against the bonds that held her arms.

The people in the water around me were still thrashing uselessly.

His feet danced uselessly a few inches above the floor.

I struggled uselessly against him, tears coming to my eyes.

They were coming after him, and when he tried to run, his legs pumped uselessly against nothing.

These things we hope, have not been uselessly adduced by us.

The oxygen was being pumped uselessly out into the room.

He looked down angrily at the man who had been so uselessly injured.

He tugged uselessly at the ropes, but could not free himself.

In the few minutes they were out of the house he strained against the ropes uselessly.

Only the third retreated in good order, still firing uselessly as he went.

His left arm dangled uselessly over the side of the bed.

"If you persist in being uselessly emotional, I will fire."

She's trying to decide what to do with her legs, which are now dangling uselessly.

Two wings broke, and now hung uselessly down, one on either side.

He fought them, automatically and uselessly; they were half again his size.

But it felt better trembling out there in the cold than sitting uselessly below.

I started after him, but my broken leg dragged uselessly behind me.