futilely in English

adverb

hopelessly; ineffectually, uselessly

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1. Occasionally he would jab futilely at a passing luminous trail.

2. Hitler, now ashen - gray , futilely strained at his chains.

3. They must deal creatively with uncertainty instead of futilely trying to eliminate it.

4. After anti-American boycott broke out in China in late 190 American Asiatic Association, lobbied futilely for the Foster Bill's passage in Congress.

5. The hybrid mutants were used to terrorize those who opposed them in Aryan and Og, and on one occasion this was futilely attempted in Poseida.

6. Frequently, during a two-year period, Felix sent for and conversed with Paul, futilely hoping that the apostle would give him money as a bribe for his release. —Ac 24:24-27.