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futilely

[ UK /fjˈuːta‍ɪlli/ ]
ADVERB
  1. in a futile and unproductive manner

How To Use futilely In A Sentence

  • They did not want to listen, those men who waited futilely by the gyrocar which had witnessed the invulnerability of the Wabbly to all attack. Morale A Story of the War of 1941-43
  • But at his best he was also capable of delivering among the most clinical yorkers in the game, the ball arrowing in toward the batsman's toes, often leaving them sprawled on the floor as they jabbed their bat futilely at the ground as the stumps cartwheeled behind them. The Paradox of Shoaib Akhtar
  • I looked up to find Trischen staring at me, his eyes tearing from the laughter he was futilely trying to keeping in.
  • We've heard that he lost because he futilely accused Barack Obama of associated with terrorists or because he didn't devote enough time and energy to attacking Obama's questionable associates.
  • Lenin also argued that the "spontaneous struggle" of the revolutionary intelligentsia did not lead to the creation of a revolutionary consciousness-it led only to acts of excitative terrorism (such as the Narodniks had futilely engaged in). Bloggers.Pakistan
  • I sit here, all the doors and windows closed, the stereo up, the swamper rattling futilely overhead as it sucks in sulfurous smoke, wishing to drown out the noise that so delights others. Mjh's blog — 2008 — July
  • So strong was the play-instinct in him, as well as was his constitution strong, that he continually outplayed Scraps to abject weariness, so that he could only lie on the deck and pant and laugh through air-draughty lips and dab futilely in the air with weak forepaws at Michael's continued ferocious-acted onslaughts. CHAPTER XI
  • Newspapers and blogs speak of the "ant tribe" of recent graduates living in cramped basements in the country's big cities while futilely searching for work.
  • He finished with 14 points on 6 for 19 shooting and nine assists, trying futilely in the fourth quarter to get a double-double. Wizards lose to Magic
  • People without his political pull have spent years futilely trying to clear their names.
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