Then the twins were led away, protesting vainly, to the nursery, and the company was summoned to the table by one of the robed Arab footmen tapping on a ringer drum.

The appeals panel then halted all further litigation in the case but kept some documents under seal, an action the American Civil Liberties Union vainly protested.

He led the retreat, holding Saxon's arm, and Bert, giggling and jubilant, brought up the rear with an indignant Mary who protested vainly in his unheeding ears.

The London executives have resorted to posting statements on their Web site vainly protesting his self-appointments, giving the impression of a company unraveling.

Grattan and his friends, vainly protesting, withdrew from Parliament, and Clare and Foster had then a free hand.

- Naw, ah didnae mean . . . Rab vainly protested.

Sparta vainly protested, pointing out that their city was unwalled.

Prominent architects vainly protested the demolition, but their anger led to the creation of the city's Landmark Preservation Commission.

She protested vainly through the muffling folds of the sweet-smelling and luxurious spun-metal being forced over her head.

He vainly protested that she knew it was the commanders of the United Nations peacekeeping force on the ground in Bosnia who opposed air strikes, fearing they would turn the Bosnian Serbs against their soldiers.