Without success, without the desired effect.
1I spent year after year trying to appease them, to no avail.
2I've asked Google to fix this issue many times, to no avail.
3The exchange has long sought to lure technology businesses to no avail.
4Vincavec had Called to the Mammoth Spirit several times to no avail.
5I'd tried that several times in the last weeks, to no avail.
6We have repeatedly asked Google for such information, but to no avail.
7He had been calling the Claiborne house all day, to no avail.
8President Obama has rallied the nation behind gun control to no avail.
9Time after time he circled completely in the surge, to no avail.
10I tried for years to be nice to you to no avail.
11Keyes lunged forward and attempted to tackle the Elite, to no avail.
12The communists have also publicly called for Zuma's resignation, to no avail.
13All this was to no avail; Caroline looked at her schoolwork only.
14But soon we had finished scanning through each stack to no avail.
15His parents tried for more children after that, but to no avail.
16Darius' doctors may have tried to treat her, but to no avail.