Examples of 'vain' in a sentence
Meaning of "vain"
vain (adjective) - having an excessively high opinion of oneself; often concerned with one's appearance or achievements
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- Overly proud of oneself, especially concerning appearance; having a high opinion of one's own accomplishments with slight reason.
- Having no real substance, value, or importance; empty; void; worthless; unsatisfying.
- Effecting no purpose; pointless, futile.
- Showy; ostentatious.
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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.
They tried in vain to hold him captive.
Your friend will have died in vain.
We tried in vain to hold her back here.
We can not let this sacrifice be in vain.
Her vain protestation her sad lamentation.
Therein they hear no vain or sinful discourse.
Our loved ones did not die in vain.
I waited in vain and you never came.
Lose not so noble a friend on vain suppose.
Men are very vain about trivial matters.
These attempts to find him proved vain.
Tom tried in vain to hide his pain.
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Indeed this looks like a vain heaven.
I know his vain pretentions to write plays.
I will not let their sacrifice be in vain.
Y ou will try in vain to learn all science.
I can not make them die in vain.
Dick tried in vain to solve that problem.
I will not let you wait in vain.
He tried in vain to open the locked door.
Everybody out there has died in vain.
She tried in vain to conceal her fear.
I should not be taking your name in vain.
He tried in vain to convince them of his innocence.
Words of love and admiration are all vain.
We tried in vain to talk him out of smoking.
You endured so much and it was all in vain.
I am far too vain to ever live as a cripple.
And you tempt me in the vain glory.
And many a vain man has been killed.
I will not let you die in vain.
While little hands in vain pretend to guide us.
And it suffers for loving you in vain.
Always a love in vain never leading to anything.
You have fought valiantly but in vain.
I have been trying in vain to figure this out.
Her life has not been taken in vain.
She tried in vain to hide her anxiety.
Everybody in the world is after vain hope.
In vain does it pass over their sepulchre to which we bow.
We are both dinosaurs roaring in vain at the mammals.
In vain your spies ransacked my villa.
Thou shalt not use my name in vain.
Her mother tried in vain to protect her.
We have often threatened each other in vain.
I have never met a vain serial killer.
But make it so this donation is not in vain.
