Examples of 'was vain' in a sentence

Meaning of "was vain"

was vain: Refers to a situation where someone's efforts or actions were unsuccessful or futile

How to use "was vain" in a sentence

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Kett was vain and subject to fits of depression.
I can not believe this man was vain.
It was vain to think of doing any more good at school.
To the advancement of such a man opposition was vain.
I was vain and gave thought to my appearance.
But she knew her hope was vain.
I was vain about this performance.
You know that their hope was vain.
They thought it was vain and sinful.
We learn from them that he was vain.
Perhaps she was vain or haughty.
I was vain about my hair.
But our silence was vain.
I was vain even then.
But this hope was vain.

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He was vain and egoistical.
Even though she was vain.
Tom was vain.
Everything that the Banking School advanced in order to refute this theory was vain.
So our man was vain.
As it was vain to hope that Switzerland would be included in any.
You said he was vain.
But it was vain to trust Jugurtha.
Because he was vain.
And I was vain enough to think it was me he was after.
Plus he was vain.
I was vain to think I could be the exception.
The man was vain.
I was vain and stupid and I wanted to feel like the big man.
But he was vain.
I took you with me because I was vain.
Allis was vain.
He was vain and cruel, and soon he will be dead.
I thought he was vain.
Believed that it was vain to wait for the Church to do so.
You know Roller was vain.
He was vain about his splendor and beauty, and thus he laughed.
I said it was vain.
When he told my daughter his parents were on sabbatical abroad . I thought he was vain.
So he was vain.
I would like to meet her. Even though she was vain.
In point of fact, he was vain of his appearance.
The cunning that wrought to hinder the Lord 's testimony for God was vain.
But Andrew was vain.
She was vain of whom not we could gain the battle, Our team of combat.
De Roever wrote that Leeghwaeter was vain and a braggart.
The story was vain and the ending was unbearable! The actors were awful.
I pretended I wanted a reconciliation, and he was vain enough to believe me.
He was vain and weak-minded, and unfit to govern either himself or others.
The valet of a German kaiser once said, " I can not deny that my master was vain.

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