Usage of "to no avail"

Without success, without the desired effect.

Usage of to no avail in English

I spent year after year trying to appease them, to no avail. 
 Wired 

I've asked Google to fix this issue many times, to no avail. 
 Wired 

The exchange has long sought to lure technology businesses to no avail. 
 Reuters 

Vincavec had Called to the Mammoth Spirit several times to no avail. 
 The Mammoth Hunters 

I'd tried that several times in the last weeks, to no avail. 
 Coyote dreams 

We have repeatedly asked Google for such information, but to no avail. 
 Wired 

He had been calling the Claiborne house all day, to no avail. 
 Zeitoun 

President Obama has rallied the nation behind gun control to no avail. 
 Reuters 

Time after time he circled completely in the surge, to no avail. 
 The Furnace of Gold 

I tried for years to be nice to you to no avail. 
 News.com.au 

Keyes lunged forward and attempted to tackle the Elite, to no avail. 
 The Flood 

The communists have also publicly called for Zuma's resignation, to no avail. 
 The South African 

All this was to no avail; Caroline looked at her schoolwork only. 
 The art of mending: a novel 

But soon we had finished scanning through each stack to no avail. 
 In the shadow of gotham 

His parents tried for more children after that, but to no avail. 
 The girl who chased the moon: a novel 

Darius' doctors may have tried to treat her, but to no avail. 
 The emperor of all maladies: a biography of cancer 

Meanings of to no avail in English