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Significats de fruitless en anglès

Unproductive of success.

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Examples for "vain"
Examples for "vain"
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I coaxed; I threatened; I persuaded; but it was all in vain.
The Adventures of Louis de Rougemont
2
They organize in vain; they protest in vain; they appeal in vain.
Black and White: Land, Labor, and Politics in the South
3
I can say this, however: your good looks haven't made you vain.
Black house
4
Mark inquired; Lord Minchampstead inquired; great personages inquired; but all in vain.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 05 — Fiction
5
Her aunt scolded in vain; in spite of the remarks of Mlle.
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Vol...
1
Therefore, hoping it will happen in the future is futile, he said.
Reuters
2
But ultimately all three Irish teams' defiance against French opposition proved futile.
The Irish Times
3
I once treated a young father who decided to stop futile chemotherapy.
The Guardian
4
Employers branded today's action futile and insisted no more money is available.
The Irish Times
5
I often think that my mission was futile from the very start.
And the rat laughed
1
Luke Donald's diamond-patterned sleeveless jumpers are a throwback to older fashion days.
The Irish Times
2
Loose-fitting women's tops rendered in natural fibers were sleeveless and seemingly carefree.
Reuters
3
She soon peeled away two layers to reveal a sleeveless orange top.
Reuters
4
She was wearing nothing but her panties and a sleeveless baby-doll nightgown.
The irresistible henry house
5
The long, sleeveless pale-blue satiny dress she wore looked like a nightgown.
Black Deutschland
1
But the son of Saturn afflicts me with bootless wranglings and strife.
The Iliad
2
The old Squire never learned of Halstead's bootless experiment in forced feeding.
A Busy Year at the Old Squire's
3
Buddhism was an after-thought, only reached after six years of bootless asceticism.
Oriental Religions and Christianity / A Course of Lectures Deliv...
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Mr. Thomas Marvel stood bootless and amazed, his jacket nearly thrown off.
The Invisible Man
5
Then came a sound as of bootless feet pressing the stairs stealthily!
The Freelands
Ús de fruitless en anglès
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Yet, each search over the course of almost two years proved fruitless.
The South African
2
Fighting him on land is fruitless, he just slips back to sea.
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
3
But all efforts to find their family and their home proved fruitless.
The Guardian
4
An unprecedented multinational search for the jet has so far proved fruitless.
Reuters
5
That too was a fruitless effort; it had no intention of compliance.
The Hellbound Heart
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The morning passed away in unceasing yet fruitless speculation on the future.
Coningsby; Or, The New Generation
7
Attempts to create vaccines over the last three decades have proved fruitless.
The Guardian
8
Neither of the captives, however, submitted without a desperate though fruitless struggle.
The Last of the Mohicans
9
Attempting to be stylish used to be a fruitless task at Glastonbury.
The Guardian
10
Again I tried to urge him forward; but the attempt was fruitless.
Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1
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His search had proved fruitless, but that did not change his mind.
The Kagonesti (A Story of the Wild Elves)
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Yet the cause was righteous and the opposition proved vain and fruitless.
How to Succeed; Or, Stepping-Stones to Fame and Fortune
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But now they'd been called off after three days of fruitless searching.
The preacher
14
Talks now would either be fruitless or delay a proper restart later.
Reuters
15
Meanwhile, the efforts of the police to find the assassin were fruitless.
Helen of the Old House
16
So now to my fruitless appointment at the bottom of the garden.
She Stoops to Conquer; Or, The Mistakes of a Night: A Comedy
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