futile attempt's Usage Examples:

by communist separatists of the "Democrat Party of Azerbaijan" in a futile attempt to halt the advance of the Imperial Iranian Army.

film, Jackson can be seen pulling up lame with a hamstring injury in a futile attempt to stop Fulton Walker of the Miami Dolphins from returning a kickoff.

Sogdians and Turks against the Arabs at the siege of Kamarja in 729 in a futile attempt to reclaim the Sasanian throne.

Herding cats may refer to: An idiom denoting a futile attempt to control or organize a class of entities which are inherently uncontrollable—as in the.

him mute and inglorious from the pulpit when he rose there with the futile attempt to preach God's gospel.

incorporates aspects of the twins' real life, including their singing act, a futile attempt by one sister to obtain a marriage license, and a publicity-stunt marriage.

and lynched him, hanging him from a telephone pole and then making "a futile attempt to burn his body.

Isfahan and escaped south to Shiraz to rebuild his army in an ultimately futile attempt to reverse his fortunes.

It ratified the division of the country in a futile attempt to prevent its subsequent complete annexation two years later in the.

occupation forces were being withdrawn after their futile attempt to defeat Augusto César Sandino’s antioccupation and revolutionary guerrilla.

consideration by ANSI in the mid-80s as part of that organization's ultimately futile attempt to establish a single de jure standard.

K, a boy band Asakura formed in a futile attempt to copy the popularity of Japanese music company Johnny’s Entertainment.

name given to it by King Henry VII of England for its support, in a futile attempt at a rebellion in 1491, of Perkin Warbeck, who claimed to be Richard.

Between the two world wars, the government made a futile attempt to turn this hamlet into a settlement of 120 households.

Markham, along with Kennedy's cousin Joseph Gargan, participated in a futile attempt to rescue Mary Jo Kopechne from Kennedy's submerged car, and also wrote.

Uphaus voluntarily met with Wyman several times in 1954 in a futile attempt to clarify that he had never officially been a member of any explicitly.

official of the Liu Song dynasty who, near the end of the dynasty, made a futile attempt to prevent the general Xiao Daocheng from gaining sufficient power to.

In the 1955 Indianapolis 500, he stopped his car in a futile attempt to help Bill Vukovich when Vukovich's car crashed and burned during.

at Chatham on 11 June 1667, together with five other vessels, in a futile attempt to block the Dutch from advancing up the River Medway.

Synonyms:

fling; seeking; contribution; squeeze play; endeavor; stab; test; pass; struggle; takeover attempt; go; activity; best; share; part; essay; foray; liberation; shot; play; offer; whirl; striving; endeavour; battle; nisus; pains; trial; run; mug's game; effort; try; squeeze; crack; strain; worst; batting; power play; bid;

Antonyms:

best; worst; inactivity; be born; survive;