"hour" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Captain Bryant had finally lost patience with him after a fruitless hour in the barracks, which they'd spent arguing.
- But others said they had spent fruitless hours going to and from police stations to seek information.
- After a fruitless hour I decided to go on the stick.
- She could not recall how many fruitless hours she had frittered away trying to peer through his.
- We spent several fruitless hours in search of data.
- They waited a long fruitless hour during which nothing changed.
- He never had much trouble drifting off, but he'd soon jerk awake and spend fruitless hours fighting to go back to sleep.
- The negotiations went nowhere, and after a few fruitless hours Lyon made his famous declaration, "this means war!"
- Many ardent, fruitless hours were spent trying to convert neighborhood children to her interests.
- Nevertheless, we spent two fruitless hours until another safari vehicle came and pulled us out.
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