waited in vain|wait in vain in English

waited for nothing, waited but did not receive any results

Use "waited in vain|wait in vain" in a sentence

1. They waited in vain for a response.

2. She waited in vain for her son to return.

3. Day after day she waited in vain for him to telephone her.

4. Perhaps the brothers had waited in vain for me to make some retraction.

5. How long humans have hoped and waited, seemingly in vain, for peace to be established!

6. Opportunity had not Beckoned him in vain

7. All his father's exhortations were in vain.

8. All our work was in vain.

9. All our efforts were in vain.

10. Doctors battled in vain to save his life.

11. Police searched in vain for the missing gunman.

12. ♫ but it was all in vain.

13. But if Christ has not been raised up, our preaching is certainly in vain, and our faith is in vain.

14. Parents campaigned in vain for her reinstatement.

15. In vain you have multiplied your remedies,

16. But if Christ has not been raised up, our preaching is certainly in vain, and our faith is in vain. . . .

17. Sadness ends in gladness, showers are not in vain

18. They tried in vain to persuade her to go.

19. They endeavoured to make her happy but in vain.

20. They attempted in vain to modernise these antiquated industries.

21. These lackeys of bourgeois criticism can yap in vain.

22. I tried in vain to start a conversation.

23. An old dog barks not in vain. 

24. Nevertheless, Anton Koberger did not labor in vain.

25. They sought in vain for somewhere to shelter.