to no avail in English

for nothing, to no end, with no result

Use "to no avail" in a sentence

1. But it was to no avail.

2. We searched everywhere to no avail.

3. His efforts were to no avail.

4. Tricky flying was to no avail here.

5. The parents probed but to no avail.

6. I retraced my steps but to no avail.

7. Earnestly did we beseech, but to no avail.

8. His words of encouragement were to no avail.

9. We opposed the proposal but to no avail.

10. Earnestly did we Beseech, but to no avail

11. Use, benefit, or advantage: labored to no Avail

12. But effort and reason were to no avail.

13. He flirts Caliginously with John to no avail

14. Haydn remonstrated with the prince, but to no avail.

15. They protested bitterly to their employers, but to no avail.

16. We tried to keep him alive but to no avail.

17. The man tries hard to jack the car,but to no avail.

18. For so long I have hoped in you, but to no avail.’

19. He rebooted my system several times[sentence dictionary], but to no avail.

20. She tried various tactics with her husband and brothers to no avail.

21. The doctors tried everything to keep him alive but to no avail.

22. For weeks, the teams have been discussing various options, to no avail.

23. They protested, they complained, they argued, but it was to no avail.

24. We searched the whole area but all to no avail. Robbie had disappeared.

25. I requested colleagues to have a crack at him all to no avail.

26. The mist also shrouded the fish and we thrashed away mightily, to no avail.

27. At that stage Thomas reportedly asked Catesby to abandon the scheme, to no avail.

28. It is to no avail that her citizens “purify” themselves according to pagan rites.

29. I have been looking for a recipe for sometime now, but to no avail.

30. They tried to ascertain news of the tsar and his family, but to no avail.

31. He tried hard to pick a hole in what I said, but to no avail.

32. I bombarded the War Office, and importuned the Red Cross; but all to no avail.

33. She moved downwards to tease his limp pego with her luscious melons, but to no avail.

34. 26 But to no avail, for on 11 July 1598 he was taken to the scaffold.

35. 16 He had the duty receptionist almost jumping through hoops for him. But to no avail.

36. Irina resorted to writing her teacher a letter setting forth her religious convictions—but to no avail.

37. Instead, they did everything they could to work their way through the storm —but to no avail.

38. Unless Jehovah himself guards the city, it is to no avail that the guard has kept awake.”

39. Accepting the challenge, the Baal prophets prayed long and hard, even with loud outcries —but to no avail!

40. The C-class destroyer Cossack made her way to the location of the crash but to no avail.

41. 12 I've deleted everything and re-installed DOS 5 and Windows 1 from scratch, all to no avail.

42. We've even growled at the horse, and threatened it with a fate worse than death, but to no avail!

43. He yelled for union solidarity to support the strike and to bring management to their knees, but to no avail.

44. But to no avail; his ears would only come forward momentarily, and would then return to the backwards position again.

45. Dong Yong and his friends beg the Earth God for the way to go to the celestial palace, to no avail.

46. “Unless Jehovah himself builds the house, it is to no avail that its builders have worked hard on it.” —Psalm 127:1.

47. They have repeatedly looked for a connection between crustal tides and earthquakes over the past few decades, but to no avail.

48. Between 1964 and 1969, exports of Chronographs to the European market soared from 52,000 units to more than 173,000 units, but to no avail, the …

49. (Proverbs 3:5-7) Unless we have Jehovah’s support and he himself is guarding us, all our work will be “to no avail.” —Psalm 127:1.

50. It is as the scripture says: ‘Unless Jehovah himself guards the city, it is to no avail that the guard has kept awake.’”—Psalm 127:1.