Significados de strive vainly em inglês

Religion as in the past, is still the world's sole hope, but not that form of religion which our ecclesiastical leaders strive vainly to preach.

To dream of seeing or wearing an eyeglass, denotes you will be afflicted with disagreeable friendships, from which you will strive vainly to disengage yourself.

I hung back for a moment, striving vainly to distinguish the words.

Whether she smiled or looked sad Hilliard had striven vainly to determine.

Striving vainly to understand, Mr Hare drank his brandy and soda in silence.

She opened the door, but Thorpe lingered, striving vainly for the right word.

At intervals he paused and rested, striving vainly to garner some clue to his bearings.

I whispered to my companion questioningly, striving vainly to penetrate the intense darkness in our front.

She awaited him still sitting on the bench and striving vainly to quiet her thumping heart.

In the grip of strong emotions, each stood rigid, striving vainly to read the other's face.

Oh, yawned Wheedles, striving vainly to keep his mouth closed and to get his eyes opened.

Meanwhile St. Clair was striving vainly to hasten the preparations for his own far more formidable task.

He sniffed the air suspiciously, striving vainly to catch the tang of smoke, a whiff of the man smell.

Aweel then, dearie, dinna greet, murmured poor Elspie, striving vainly against the delirium that she felt fast coming on.

The five Frenchmen followed, striving vainly to keep pace with the naked, light-limbed rabble, bounding like shadows through the forest.

"Time," called Silvey, striving vainly to make himself heard above the exultant shouts.