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Meanings of fruitless quest in anglès

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Usage of fruitless quest in anglès
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She turned back from her fruitless quest, with a heartsinking sense of disappointment.
The House of the Seven Gables
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Then he told the long story of his fruitless quest.
The Shadow of a Crime: A Cumbrian Romance
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Half an hour later the four chums turned wearily away from another fruitless quest.
Madge Morton, Captain of the Merry Maid
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His long, black eyes went searching everywhere while he reported a fruitless quest for the spring.
A Touch of Sun, and Other Stories
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Once she'd left the lawyer she'd walked for hours, more of her fruitless quest for employment.
Ruthless
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The only course open to her was to accompany her friend whithersoever the fruitless quest should lead.
Greatheart
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This man, returning from his fruitless quest at the station, had witnessed the capture of his companions.
The Sheridan Road Mystery
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Mahomet did not follow them up, as nothing was to be gained from such a fruitless quest.
Mahomet, Founder of Islam
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At least he would return and see, before he continued what seemed to be a most fruitless quest.
Tarzan of the Apes
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On the way they met Miss Carter and Bob Strahan returning from a fruitless quest among the bird stores.
Mary Rose of Mifflin
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He went one afternoon to the great museum, and wandered through several of the rooms in fruitless quest of her.
The American
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For seven days I went on with my fruitless quest, and my misgivings increased until I was almost driven mad.
The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1,001 Nights. Vol. 1
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Rose liked Major Guthrie, and she was sorry she had missed him yesterday morning, when out on her fruitless quest for money.
Good Old Anna
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That was two years ago, and his fruitless quest got him thinking and then propelled him into actually developing his own putting aid.
The Irish Times
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It was a fruitless quest; and at length the squire persuaded his master to abandon it and await the coming of the dawn.
Beatrix of Clare
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Perhaps the proud and lonely figure on the screen was smiling sardonically at the scientists who were starting on their age-long, fruitless quest.
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
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