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Meanings of as fruitless in English

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Usage of as fruitless in English
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My efforts to ease his pain have proved as fruitless as Pycelle's.
A feast for crows
2
Fines associated with transgressions have been condemned as fruitless and misguided.
The South African
3
All our earlier naval activity must be set down as fruitless.
Germany and the Next War
4
D'Avila soon found his victory to be as fruitless as it was brilliant.
Holland: The History of the Netherlands
5
Amélie's second visit to the Palace had been as fruitless as her first.
The Golden Dog
6
This attempt of our government was as fruitless as that of the French afterwards.
Travels in Morocco, Volume 1.
7
But another hunt among greenhouses was as fruitless as that among the milliners' rooms.
Marjorie's Three Gifts
8
Search for it has thus far been as fruitless as pursuit of the will-o'-the-wisp.
Unwritten Literature of Hawaii: The Sacred Songs of the Hula
9
The search in the Citizen-Deputy's bedroom had proved as fruitless as that in his study.
I Will Repay
10
The second expedition was as fruitless as the first.
Man and Wife
11
But that exercise proved as fruitless as her window-watching.
Imajica: Complete Edition
12
It was given with a lusty will, but proved as fruitless as the former one.
Dave Darrin's Second Year at Annapolis / Or, Two Midshipmen as N...
13
Their search that day was as fruitless as fore.
Frank and Andy Afloat; Or, The Cave on the Island
14
The experiment with Helfa, however, was just as fruitless.
The Weapons of Mystery
15
But his relations with the Church turned out as fruitless as his struggles with the State.
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
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All future attempts to obtain a moment's conversation with her were as fruitless as the first.
The Monk: A Romance
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