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Meanings of vain effort in inglês

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Usage of vain effort in inglês
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Fanny bit her lip in a vain effort to retain her solemnity.
Fanny Herself
2
It seemed a vain effort, but a way had to be found.
The Loudwater Mystery
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He stood still in a vain effort to make the words come.
Mary Wollaston
4
How pitiful the vain effort of Blair's people to hide their horror!
The Day of the Beast
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Two months passed away in the vain effort to obtain employment.
The Lights and Shadows of Real Life
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He peered into the moonlight in a vain effort to see.
The Plunderer
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He twisted and squirmed in a vain effort to free himself.
Frank Merriwell's Cruise
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Her parching tongue moved in a vain effort to moisten them.
The Heart of Unaga
9
This has been the vain effort of Hindu speculation for ages.
Oriental Religions and Christianity / A Course of Lectures Deliv...
10
His lip quivered with the vain effort to ask an explanation.
The Mother's Recompense, Volume 2 / A Sequel to Home Influence
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Diana's lips trembled in the vain effort to repress a smile.
The Splendid Folly
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She made one more vain effort and then burst into tears.
Sister Carrie: A Novel
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To try that after nightfall he imagined would be vain effort.
The Lone Star Ranger: A Romance of the Border
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The good-natured stewardess bustled about in a vain effort to find Mr. Carey Mayo.
Honey-Sweet
15
His lips fell apart in the vain effort to answer.
The Evil Genius: A Domestic Story
16
Probably fifty thousand lost their lives in the vain effort.
A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1.
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