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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Time after time he circled completely in the surge, to no avail.

I tried for years to be nice to you to no avail.

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

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

All this was to no avail; Caroline looked at her schoolwork only.

But soon we had finished scanning through each stack to no avail.

His parents tried for more children after that, but to no avail.

Darius' doctors may have tried to treat her, but to no avail.