The gallantry of the effort and its ultimate futility are deeply touching.

Given that several generations now have unsuccessfully tried to meddle in the matter of teens' jeans, you would think lawmakers would know it is the ultimate futility.

They were used by the Zen master to demonstrate the ultimate futility of logic, and to provoke with some pupils, anyway instant enlightenment.

Yet, the editors also recognized the ultimate futility of such a project.

But increasingly, they are becoming a chance to reflect on the ultimate futility of acquisition.

We need a tactician, someone who knows how to employ his ships effectively but isn't likely to recognize the ultimate futility of his mission.

However, the storm could also be viewed as a representation of nature's dominance over man and of the ultimate futility in trying to industrialize and advance society.

Tred looked around, then nodded his agreement though he understood, as they all did, the ultimate futility of it all.

"The Great Wall," however, showed the ultimate futility of all these artistic negotiations.

Solaris chronicles the ultimate futility of attempted communications with the extraterrestrial life on a far-distant planet.