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Meanings of vain endeavor in English

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Usage of vain endeavor in English
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So, in the vain endeavor to cover up my blunder, I began to lie.
The Leavenworth Case
2
I go; but hazard not thy life in any vain endeavor to retard the flames.
The Wept of Wish-Ton-Wish
3
But she could not drink it, and lay sobbing in vain endeavor to control herself.
Paul Faber, Surgeon
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His lips moved in a vain endeavor to speak.
The Spoilers
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We should exhaust ourselves in a vain endeavor.
Jean-Christophe Journey's End
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The regiments, broken, disordered, and commingled, persisted in the vain endeavor, only to encounter heavier losses.
From Fort Henry to Corinth
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Then he gave a mighty leap into the air in a vain endeavor to unseat the rider.
Bert Wilson in the Rockies
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But this was a vain endeavor; that which sapped the springs of her life was past outward cure.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858 / A Magazine...
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He exhausted all his skill and patience in the vain endeavor to show Pipe where he was wrong.
The Spirit of the Border: A Romance of the Early Settlers in the...
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Those long-drawn lines were finger-prints, where a hand had dragged in its vain endeavor to grasp at something.
Judith of the Plains
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He fatigued his brain in a vain endeavor to decide upon some means of overcoming his mother's prejudice.
Spring Street / A Story of Los Angeles
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The voice of praise would in vain endeavor to exalt a character unrivaled on the lists of true glory.
A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents. Sect...
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Kirk strode forward and stared disconsolately down upon the freight deck in a vain endeavor to collect his thoughts.
The Ne'er-Do-Well
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In the afternoon I have re-chewed the news in the vain endeavor to extract something encouraging between the lines,-andfailed.
On the Edge of the War Zone / From the Battle of the Marne to th...
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As she stood thus in vain endeavor to fathom this inexplicable mystery the sound of voices broke upon her ears.
The Son of Tarzan
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After spending some time in the vain endeavor to refresh the carpenter's memory, they at length parted for the night.
The Burglar's Fate, and The Detectives
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