Examples of 'tries in vain' in a sentence

Meaning of "tries in vain"

tries in vain: Refers to attempting to do something unsuccessfully or without achieving the desired outcome

How to use "tries in vain" in a sentence

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tries in vain
Anole tries in vain to reason with her.
He can hardly concentrate at work as he tries in vain to contact her.
She tries in vain to call for help.
His quiet eyes glisten with tears that he tries in vain to blink away.
She tries in vain to get his attention.
A surveillance camera filmed the moment when she tries in vain to escape the dogs.
She tries in vain to lead him away.
Florence then turns up and Yan tries in vain to explain the situation.
It tries in vain to tame it and say.
Evans eventually arrives with lawmen from Bisbee and tries in vain to negotiate with Hollander.
Elisa tries in vain to see him.
The Czech and Slovak working class tries in vain to speak.
Bertrand tries in vain to rescue him.
However, experts believe that it tries in vain.
Mack tries in vain to discourage her.

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It repeatedly feeds on the sleeping man, who tries in vain to shoo it away.
He tries in vain to somehow return home.
Michael charges outside, picks up the deceased animal and tries in vain to revive it.
The woman tries in vain to resist.
Tries in vain to revive him.
Eugene Varlin tries in vain to stop them.
It tries in vain to fulfill its needs through corporeal ways.
Shocked and terrified, the animator tries in vain to break out of the goblin's grasp.
He tries in vain to look through it.
Watching this scene is the woman 's son, who tries in vain to protect his mother.
She tries in vain to contact to the base to obtain help.
Bernier 's friend Robert tries in vain to comfort him.
He tries in vain to speak to them and even apologizes to them all.
Overwhelmed by the noisy party, Buffy tries in vain to talk to Willow.
Pepé tries in vain to make the dog go away with his stench.
Instead, the desperate Déjanire tries in vain to win back her husband.
He tries in vain to.
Elmire, her daughter, appears and seems inconsolable, she tries in vain to cheer her up.
The old man tries in vain to calm them down.
Atala, the half-caste Christian daughter of Simagan, tries in vain to help him escape.
He tries in vain to recognize something from what used to be his childhood home.
As Harry 's End tries in vain to catch up.
She tries in vain to banish them with the Croatoan spell.
La Roche the theatre director ( bass ) tries in vain to bring them together.
Jeanet tries in vain to reason with Alcimadure.
Sylvester tries in vain to contact Dawn.
He tries in vain for half a day, to drink that precious purse away.
An Angel tries in vain to stop him.
Jim tries in vain to reassure her, and she breaks down in tears.
Mona's father tries in vain to make her understand.
She tries in vain to rebel in order to find Waldo and Aelita.
Frightened, he tries in vain to convert them.
Lund tries in vain to squeeze money out of Mads.
Act II, Jiro Kaja tries in vain to explain to General what happened to him.
Which tries in vain to carve a path through the Namib Desert.

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Examples of using Vain
In vain a rival god would oppose my love
Love does not make a vain display of itself
In vain we defend ourselves against his arrows
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