Examples of 'was in vain' in a sentence

Meaning of "was in vain"

was in vain: This phrase is used to describe an effort or action that did not yield the desired outcome or result. It implies that the effort was wasted or had no positive impact

How to use "was in vain" in a sentence

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was in vain
Well our search was in vain at that time.
You feel like everything you did was in vain.
Their effort was in vain as they were eventually killed or captured.
The impresario tried to help me up but it was in vain.
It was in vain that they questioned her.
We circled the area but it was in vain.
It was in vain for lack of official approval.
I am starting to believe that your marriage was in vain.
I was in vain to fight against them.
This is not to say that all was in vain.
My protest was in vain and in the end we reached a large door.
I tried lots of medicines but all was in vain.
But it was in vain that they.
Would be sad if our new love was in vain.
It was in vain that the old.

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And yet even her warning was in vain.
All was in vain he went home again.
My attempt to get copies of this tract was in vain.
The fact that all my searching was in vain did not make me less patient.
The company filed an appeal but it was in vain.
Maybe it was in vain.
I tried to persuade him but the result was in vain.
My escape was in vain.
If there is no resurrection their preaching was in vain.
Too bad it was in vain.
I had to tell you that nothing you said or did was in vain.
It was in vain as all of them became arahats and did not return.
Because my journey to you was in vain anyway.
But it was in vain and she surrendered to the Lord.
Everything you did for him was in vain.
So it was in vain.
For the great sacrifice was in vain.
It was in vain that he called Julien two or three times.
I already knew our search was in vain.
It was in vain that he endeavored to recruit a new fishing crew at Auckland.
It does not mean our endeavor was in vain.
It was in vain that more rigorous measures were adopted against the Camisards.
But we now see that hope was in vain.
This was in vain as the Kurds ended up not joining the Armenian revolutionaries.
And the whole work was in vain.
It was in vain that the Restoration wanted to reestablish the nobility and the Church.
Except that all this work was in vain already.
If it all was in vain I will wait for another time.
He thinks that what he has done was in vain.
It was in vain that Bienville went to see Minister Choiseul with Milhet.
And all the love was in vain.
But it was in vain that M.
Everything was hopeless and life was in vain.
It was in vain that he remonstrated, their resolution remained unshaken.
It looks like your trip was in vain.

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