Examples of 'were in vain' in a sentence
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were in vain - a phrase indicating that efforts or actions did not achieve the desired outcome or were unsuccessful
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were in vain
My curses of course were in vain since you are here.
All my fantasies of following you were in vain.
Our efforts were in vain again.
But their attempts to entrap him were in vain.
But all their efforts were in vain as the damage had already been done.
All attempts to make him apostatize were in vain.
All efforts to locate him were in vain and no trace remained.
It would be quite unfortunate if these investments were in vain.
Our fears were in vain.
We begin to feel as though our efforts were in vain.
His pleas were in vain.
Repeated complaints to the village council were in vain.
Our cries were in vain.
It would be a shame if all their efforts were in vain.
Searches were in vain.
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All efforts to obtain a full refund were in vain.
Both were in vain.
All attempts to find the head were in vain.
His efforts were in vain and he returned to Vienna.
Their hopes and their efforts were in vain.
These efforts were in vain as Salim was en route to Britain via Cairo.
History shows that those hopes were in vain.
The Polish attempts were in vain and the Swedish king marched towards Warsaw.
Too bad your efforts were in vain.
Their efforts were in vain however, and she dies of her injuries.
My attempts to fall asleep next to this stranger were in vain.
Her actions were in vain.
All the efforts of their sovereigns to reconcile them were in vain.
Its efforts were in vain.
Attempts by the victims to submit a report to the local police were in vain.
But her cries were in vain.
Her attempts to follow up on this report with the public prosecutor were in vain.
All my pains were in vain.
All their efforts of digging a well to find drinking water were in vain.
All protests were in vain.
All the appeals for protection attempted in order to secure their release were in vain.
But my prayers were in vain.
Our protests were in vain for two or three days - until the first madness passed.
All our efforts to allay his grief were in vain.
All the efforts of the Hungarians were in vain and the Germans won quite easily.
It seemed back then that our efforts were in vain.
Yourfears were in vain.
It would seem that all these efforts were in vain.
All the doctor 's efforts were in vain and the man soon died.
Her efforts to search for her husband were in vain.
Efforts to save the elephant were in vain and eventually, everyone gave up and left.
All efforts to rouse him were in vain.
All the rescue efforts were in vain and the oil tanker sank on January 14.
But none of your deeds were in vain.
Nine months of supplication on our part for salvation from a full-scale war were in vain.
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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
