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1
So, in the
vain
endeavor
to cover up my blunder, I began to lie.
2
I go; but hazard not thy life in any
vain
endeavor
to retard the flames.
3
But she could not drink it, and lay sobbing in
vain
endeavor
to control herself.
4
His lips moved in a
vain
endeavor
to speak.
5
We should exhaust ourselves in a
vain
endeavor
.
6
The regiments, broken, disordered, and commingled, persisted in the
vain
endeavor
,
only to encounter heavier losses.
7
Then he gave a mighty leap into the air in a
vain
endeavor
to unseat the rider.
8
But this was a
vain
endeavor
;
that which sapped the springs of her life was past outward cure.
9
He exhausted all his skill and patience in the
vain
endeavor
to show Pipe where he was wrong.
10
Those long-drawn lines were finger-prints, where a hand had dragged in its
vain
endeavor
to grasp at something.
11
He fatigued his brain in a
vain
endeavor
to decide upon some means of overcoming his mother's prejudice.
12
The voice of praise would in
vain
endeavor
to exalt a character unrivaled on the lists of true glory.
13
Kirk strode forward and stared disconsolately down upon the freight deck in a
vain
endeavor
to collect his thoughts.
14
In the afternoon I have re-chewed the news in the
vain
endeavor
to extract something encouraging between the lines,-andfailed.
15
As she stood thus in
vain
endeavor
to fathom this inexplicable mystery the sound of voices broke upon her ears.
16
After spending some time in the
vain
endeavor
to refresh the carpenter's memory, they at length parted for the night.
vain
endeavor
vain