Examples of 'it is in vain' in a sentence

Meaning of "it is in vain"

it is in vain: An expression suggesting that an effort or action is futile, unsuccessful, or unlikely to succeed, and therefore a waste of time

How to use "it is in vain" in a sentence

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it is in vain
It is in vain to dream of a wildness distant from ourselves.
In the time of life it is in vain to hope for it.
It is in vain for you to try to hide it.
Christ is telling us that it is in vain to lay up treasures on earth.
It is in vain as they are alone at the mailbox.
Looking at it is in vain.
It is in vain to build or plot or combine against it.
I try to touch you But it is in vain.
I know it is in vain to dispute with you.
If we use the name of God for no reason then it is in vain.
It is in vain for a boy to hide from that young man.
Many dismiss this desire, but it is in vain.
It is in vain for you to conceal it.
Sometimes, our work feels like it is in vain.
But it is in vain that he seeks the traces of the machine.

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You are like the shadow, you know it is in vain.
It is in vain to seek comparison.
If you offer me wheaten flour, it is in vain.
It is in vain that we endeavor to counteract the laws of nature and necessity.
If you choose to try and do this yourself, it is in vain.
It is in vain that you pretend to submit governments to the general will.
You can do this all you want, but it is in vain.
It is in vain that laws.
But in terms of her trying to control the outcome, it is in vain.
So it is in vain then.
He vows to defend the poet before the tribunal, but it is in vain.
Here it is in vain.
Whether I move my feet towards the mountains or the valley, it is in vain.
So it is in vain that one would put a larger amount of silver into trade.
I may try to get… the slaves but I fear that it is in vain.
It is in vain to reason and talk about forgiving all your sins before conversion.
At Kursk, Hitler attempts a final attack against the Red Army, but it is in vain.
It is in vain for man to hide anywhere away from God.
Use no entreaty, for it is in vain.
It is in vain that the Jews tried to rehabilitate their sacred texts.
Whatever will be done, it is in vain.
It is in vain to look for help from any other than God.
I frankly own, Philonous, that it is in vain to stand out any longer.
It is in vain that the villain has been vanquished!
Yes, I am on the way home . So it is in vain then.
It is in vain to blur… the investigation is on.
Yet, forsooth, she is a virgin pure . Use no entreaty, for it is in vain.
It is in vain to oppose constitution barriers to the impulse of self-preservation.
Girls and boys, it is in vain that you share a family resemblance with the wind.
It is in vain that we try to stretch our conceptions beyond all imaginable space ;.
It is in vain for you to try to hide it . The thing is discovered.
It is in vain to say that we receive the blessing which belongs to Deuteronomy 27.
I know it is in vain to dispute with you . I can not deny the power you have.
But it is in vain to ask, Whether there be body or not?
It is in vain that Nero triumphs, Tacitus has already been born in the empire . ".

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