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  • 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
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  • 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.
  • Breitmann had entered the employ of the admiral for the very purpose for which M. Ferraud had journeyed sundrily into the cellar and beaten futilely on the chimney. A Splendid Hazard
  • Rodney was fighting futilely against them as his red hair fell messily into his terror-stricken green eyes.
  • Mr. Wheler was taken off, -- despair perhaps rendering the man, who had been in opposition futilely before, compliable. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 10 (of 12)
  • They must deal creatively with uncertainty instead of futilely trying to eliminate it.
  • As I sat in bed and futilely attempted to sleep, I noticed a deep rumbling sound emanating from the hollow recesses of my cavernous stomach.
  • He was soon buried beneath them, still fighting futilely for his life…
  • 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
  • Ignorant of the law, Mona, Stella, Adelaide, and countless other honorable young women feared prosecution for money owed and futilely sought to repay their madams through prostitution.
  • Equally futilely from time to time, Barton, with his hands cupped to his mouth, holloed -- holloed -- holloed -- into the thunderous darkness. Little Eve Edgarton
  • 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

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