fruitlessly try

Frequency: 5.00.8 per million words

to attempt to do something without success

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Examples (10)

  • We fruitlessly tried to reach customer support all afternoon.
  • She fruitlessly tries to persuade him to apologize.
  • They have been fruitlessly trying to fix the bug since Monday.
  • I fruitlessly tried to recall his name during the interview.
  • He will fruitlessly try to beat the record without proper training.
  • The committee fruitlessly tried to reach a consensus before the deadline.
  • We shouldn't fruitlessly try to control what we cannot change.
  • The team fruitlessly tries to replicate the experiment's results every week.
  • I had fruitlessly tried to log in until the system finally locked me out.
  • Tourists often fruitlessly try to hail a taxi here during rush hour.