ineffectually

For some time we tried ineffectually to get a message across.

It was better to look the other way than to command ineffectually.

After a pause I repeated my call, but no less ineffectually.

Instead, she poked out ineffectually with the point of her blade.

My fingers snapped ineffectually just in front of his throat.

One of the other guns continued to bang away at us ineffectually.

She was still fighting, but ineffectually, now that all her heavy forward batteries were gone.

White hands strained as they plucked ineffectually at the pain.

He was trying to struggle, his body bucking ineffectually against my hold.

Of course, when the scales had fallen from their eyes they fought back, but ineffectually.

I was standing up hammering ineffectually on the trap door.

Too late, and ineffectually, the man began to struggle.

She brushed by the strange girl, who grabbed ineffectually at her arm.

She mopped at them ineffectually with the end of her veil.

The result - heavy industry and low value added production kept going long past its time, ineffectually, by subsidy.

Imp tried, ineffectually, to fit a couple of pieces together.

I tried to stop him,' Eddy was saying ineffectually.

He tried, ineffectually, to smooth a shock of unruly hair.

Her arm is looped ineffectually around his in a physical gesture.

The hand not holding the pencil goes to his face and paws at it ineffectually.

I'd moved the thermostat up to 70, but all it did was click off and on ineffectually.

She brushed at herself ineffectually with fingers that still trembled.

I cried, ineffectually trying to push his hand away.

Bat-Levi ineffectually brushed at her hair then seemed to give it up.

"his voice rose as he tugged ineffectually at the handle.