vain effort

Frequency: 7.822.1 per million words

An effort that produces no result.

vainADJECTIVE + NOUN

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effort

Examples (10)

  • The rescue team made a vain effort to save the stranded climber.
  • All his vain efforts to win her affection were unsuccessful.
  • It would be a vain effort to try and change his mind now.
  • She knew that any further vain effort would only lead to more frustration.
  • Despite their vain effort to conceal the truth, it eventually came out.
  • The government's vain effort to control inflation proved futile.
  • He considered it a vain effort to argue with someone so stubborn.
  • After hours of a vain effort, they finally gave up on the task.
  • Don't waste your time on a vain effort; focus on what's achievable.
  • Every vain effort to repair the old machine only highlighted its irreparable state.