was in vain|be in vain in English

was useless, failed utterly

Use "was in vain|be in vain" in a sentence

1. All our work was in vain.

2. ♫ but it was all in vain.

3. He was vain and ostentatious.

4. He was vain and bombastic.

5. Opportunity had not Beckoned him in vain

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

7. He was nothing if not vain.

8. All our efforts were in vain.

9. Doctors battled in vain to save his life.

10. Police searched in vain for the missing gunman.

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

12. Parents campaigned in vain for her reinstatement.

13. In vain you have multiplied your remedies,

14. They waited in vain for a response.

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

16. Calls to the florist were always in vain - it was a cash purchase.

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

18. He tried to hold back the tears, but it was in vain.

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

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

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

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

23. I tried in vain to start a conversation.

24. An old dog barks not in vain. 

25. Men can be just as vain as women.