Significados de seek vainly en inglés

It condemns the cruelty of Magendie, concerning which one will seek vainly to-day in medical periodicals for any similar expression of reprobation.

It is this very state, perhaps, that ages the hearts of the hardiest of the explorers who seek vainly to unravel the polar mystery.

Involuntarily the names of Naxos, Tenedos, and Carpathos, rise before the mind, and we seek vainly for Ulysses' vessel or the "clipper" of the Argonauts.

His mind, working with feverish speed, sought vainly to grasp the situation.

His soft little nose sought vainly for the warm scent of his mother.

It was insufferably warm, and fore and aft men sought vainly to sleep.

Twice during that long night volunteers sought vainly to pierce those lines of savage watchers.

He gaped in nervous dread; and sought vainly to account for the witch-work he had witnessed.

After clambering among the ruins for some time, seeking vainly to give help, Bvalltu sat down.

He bit his lip and sought vainly within himself the anger that would make him strike.

Tyee ducked and shivered, but Aab-Waak grinned and sought vainly to follow it with his eyes.

And through this crush of perspiring, shrieking humanity Journeyman, Esther, and Sarah sought vainly for William.

For a long time I sought vainly; the field had been stripped by many a vandal hand.

She studied me keenly, marking an angry note in my voice that I sought vainly to disguise.

'You sought vainly for this maiden, whilst she was kept in ward.

There was a secret voice in the hour seeking vainly for utterance a word waiting to be spoken.