Without success, without the desired effect.
1 I coaxed; I threatened; I persuaded; but it was all in vain .
2 They organize in vain ; they protest in vain ; they appeal in vain .
3 Mark inquired; Lord Minchampstead inquired; great personages inquired; but all in vain .
4 Her aunt scolded in vain ; in spite of the remarks of Mlle.
5 The room was empty; she searched him in all niches in vain .
6 But it was in vain ; the tumult was constantly on the increase.
7 And in the midst of the fleecy tangle Snowball struggled in vain .
8 Faith is desire; and desires rooted in faith cannot be in vain .
9 Everywhere in the city, honest men begged for honest work in vain .
10 Several times I argued with him and the Cardinal; but in vain .
11 Perhaps it was a roe deer; McKay flashed the direction in vain .
12 It was all in vain ; the move turned out to be premature.
13 The best medical aid was summoned from Cincinnati; it was in vain .
14 The cabinet ministers telephoned in vain ; he was out, the maid said.
15 No, Harold in vain sent me the casket; the jewel was gone.
16 They listened in vain , and consulted all the clocks in the house.
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Это словосочетание состоит из: In vain в диалектах
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