He made fruitless efforts to go on; it was impossible.

That too was a fruitless effort; it had no intention of compliance.

He said that effort, fruitless so far, was expected to end this week.

After three hours, fruitless effort, we were driven from the river by their incessant attack.

There are fruitless efforts to seek help, from city hall to the provincial administration and all the way to the capital.

As my father often said during his fruitless efforts to turn me into a baseball player, "You've got to keep your eye on the ball."

But that end was never achieved, and in the fruitless effort more than 900 Israeli soldiers were killed.

After a fruitless effort to organize the group, the aide gave up.

After his death many fruitless efforts were undertaken to try to locate it.

They made several determined but fruitless efforts to recapture the piece.