futilely's Usage Examples:

of the spice might have decided they had been sold a counterfeit after futilely trying to grind the unusually hard seed.

featuring a famous rundown in which Giants' third baseman Heinie Zimmerman futilely chased the speedy Eddie Collins toward home plate with what would be the.

board, Korniyenko opposed the official Kremlin course on the incident and futilely urged the Communist Party leadership to release more information about.

Deur had been caught in a rip current for about an hour, trying futilely to swim to shore, before being suddenly released by the current.

He is warned away, inevitably futilely, from Ugaph's daughter Ro, his instructor in bat-hunting.

and modern, as a virtuous and committed republican who fought – however futilely – for freedom and against tyranny.

He seeks it futilely in the abandoned tower of its original owner.

On 20 November while at Ulithi she fought futilely against fire on board USS Mississinewa (AO-59) which capsized and sank.

This is a metaphor for people futilely attempting to fulfill their illusory physical desires.

describing Heinie Zimmerman's infamous World Series gaffe wherein Zimmerman futilely chased speedster Eddie Collins across home plate (rather than initiating.

From 1914 to August 6, 1915, the German 8th Army futilely struggled to break the defensive belt represented by Osowiec Fortress,.

Race leader Ted Horn saw the crash; he futilely attempted to flag down the other drivers.

Still pining for his lost kingdom, Rockman never moves from the basement, futilely slamming his hands on the ground in an attempt to contact any Abyssmians.

He keeps futilely trying to draw the woman's picture on the floor with a piece of chalk until.

sons at Thanksgiving dinner; a daughter, her marriage a shambles, pleads futilely to return home, etc.

She becomes pregnant by him and searches futilely for an abortionist.

Throughout the program, Rex futilely attempts to clarify the true pronunciation and meaning of the term "wassail'.

only to become trapped in quicksand; the brothers scream for help and futilely struggle to free themselves, and right before they meet their own retributive.

[citation needed] However, Abdullah futilely challenged the rule of Abdulaziz and also of Abdullah bin Saud, grandson.