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Meanings of vain attempt in inglês

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Usage of vain attempt in inglês
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General Moore had made a vain attempt to rouse the besotted men.
With Moore at Corunna
2
I exclaimed, straining my ears in a vain attempt to hear better.
The Four Faces: A Mystery
3
He rose from the stone floor after a vain attempt to sleep.
It Is Never Too Late to Mend
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The boy made no answer, but went on with his vain attempt.
A Rough Shaking
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All this, however, is a vain attempt to delineate what was shapeless.
Clara Hopgood
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Kesseley sucked in a breath, bracing himself to make another vain attempt.
Rakes and radishes
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He had ruined himself in the vain attempt to conciliate them.
The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume ...
8
A vain attempt had been made to sell the bonds in New York.
Under the Prophet in Utah; the National Menace of a Political Pr...
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He'd thrown up his right arm in a vain attempt to protect himself.
Exit wound
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I see it in her cheek, her smile, her vain attempt to frown.
Emma
11
Roger woke with his own vain attempt to grasp and detain the child.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 07, May, 1858 / A Magazine ...
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Julia clung sobbing to her mother, in a vain attempt to comfort her.
Hard Cash
13
To denude death of its terrible associations were a vain attempt.
Dreamthorp / A Book of Essays Written in the Country
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The farmer writhed in a vain attempt to avoid the blows.
Hood
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I leant against the wall in a vain attempt to relieve the pain.
NS13 Zero Hour (2010)
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Fires burned along the battlements, a vain attempt to drive the gloom away.
A Dance with Dragons
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