It coughed, and spat blood, writhing as it futilely sought some position that would keep its head and body from coming into contact with the mesh of the capture net.

For two days Tarzan sought futilely for some clew to the whereabouts of the machine or its occupants.

He briefly and futilely sought his party's nomination for president in 1844.

The chairperson sought futilely for order.

One young woman described how, after being attacked with a machete, she tried to reattach her partially severed arm with string while she futilely sought medical care.

It bitterly complained to regulators, futilely seeking a trading halt.

Then Shea was in the river, tossing and turning madly as he sought futilely to keep his head above the swift waters, to breathe the life-giving air.

He portrays himself as the sole voice of reason amid a flock of language-obsessed scholars all futilely seeking the supposed information in animals' messages.

Saidu was jerking and wrenching, handicapped by the scimitar he was still seeking futilely to turn against his antagonist.

He wriggled his hospital-gowned body further into his bedclothes, futilely seeking comfort.