Kata vainly pleaded with the enraged Rio not to revive Maku, who beats him and Rageku up after his rebirth.

The revellers continue dancing wildly as a voice from a PA system vainly pleads for their attention, presumably to warn them of their imminent end.

As Jennifer turned to go back to the great hall, Gustave followed, pleading vainly for his sister to believe him.

While he pleads vainly for her to return to him, cheers are heard from the arena.

She vainly pleaded to be let down, so that she could hobble back to the house with some semblance of dignity, and he steadfastly ignored all her pleas.

One by one the congregation dwindled, while the elders and deacons vainly pleaded with Vanderhoof to change the subject of his sermons.

And he slammed the hatch closed and drove home the pins, leaving most of the captives pleading vainly, through parched throats and flaking lips for their share.

In one of his better known poems, Venevitinov vainly pleaded Pushkin to address an ode to Goethe.

One freed hostage said the man pleaded vainly for his life, shouting, "Don't kill me, I am married, I have a child."