1. All our efforts were in vain.

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

3. All the police's efforts to find him were in vain.

4. The language of Contumely was exhausted in vain efforts to describe his baseness

5. All efforts to reconcile her with her husband were in vain.

6. Doctors battled in vain to save his life.

7. We tried in vain to make him change his mind.

8. I realized that my efforts had not been in vain.

9. He looked in vain for the source of his unease.

10. He tried to cover up his mistakes but in vain.

11. He tried in vain to bring his temper under control.

12. His ugliness set him apart; his ugliness had made him vain.

13. The swindler tried to baffle him out of his money, but in vain.

14. His mother had sent him to two rehabilitation centers, but in vain.

15. He wants the world to know his son did not die in vain.

16. When Belshazzar saw that his trust in these religionists had been in vain, he became still more frightened, his complexion grew paler, and even his grandees were “perplexed.”

17. So, our lengthy negotiations with the daughter were in vain.

18. Vain the effort to recall Consolatory texts pertinent to the occasion!

19. He tried in vain to relieve his gasping and convulsions in the warm springs at Callirrhoe. . . .

20. He is vain, arrogant, blustering, trying to keep leadership of his associates.

21. Opportunity had not Beckoned him in vain

22. All our work was in vain.

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

24. Sam stood guard over his blood-covered friend and tried in vain to flag down passing motorists.

25. They were opionative, peevish, covetous, porase, vain, talkative.

26. Police searched in vain for the missing gunman.

27. ♫ but it was all in vain.

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

29. Parents campaigned in vain for her reinstatement.

30. In vain you have multiplied your remedies,

31. They waited in vain for a response.

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

33. It is in vain to attempt to turn a very rich Blockhead into ridicule, for the laughers will be on his side

34. City prayers were vain against the great rural potentate.

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

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

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

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

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

40. Mr Lamont's squandering of ￡1 billion in his vain bid to prop up the pound has not helped.

41. I tried in vain to start a conversation.

42. An old dog barks not in vain. 

43. In 1501, his attempt to recapture both the regions went in vain as he was defeated by Muhammad Shaybani Khan.

44. Men can be just as vain as women.

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

46. They sought in vain for somewhere to shelter.

47. We searched in vain for the missing child.

48. She tried in vain to attain to fame.

49. He tried in vain to attain to fame.

50. Have you been taking my name in vain ?

51. I tried in vain to dispel her misgivings.

52. Hullo ! Who's that, taking my name in vain?

53. The Avenging NARWHAL does not kill in vain

54. 1 Her counterpart left in vain and vapidity.

55. The galleys hastened to give it a tow, but some cables were snapped Atwain; and their efforts were in vain, for the sea and winds prevented the work

56. Better than enduring his fumbling during the night in the vain hope of satisfaction when the need was strong in her.

57. “Vain thought Conceivest thou

58. Confucius tried by sound advice to bring his liege lord back to the path of duty, but in vain.

59. Or life is vain.

60. The autocrat strove in vain to deal with the situation.

61. While the Athenians and the Thebans were preparing themselves for war, Philip made a final attempt to appease his enemies, proposing in vain a new peace treaty.

62. We tried in vain to fix up their difference.

63. It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter.

64. Pollsters have searched in vain for pockets of disloyalty.

65. She's just a vain, foolish woman.

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

67. They tried to rally pound sterling but in vain.

68. Have you been taking my name in vain again?

69. They tried in vain to open the locked door.

70. 26 An old dog barks not in vain. 

71. Is fingernail what to vitamin lack in vain very?

72. We are weak, vain creatures.

73. 24 An old dog barks not in vain. 

74. They endeavored to make her happy, but in vain.

75. President Hoover took traditional Liberalist measures in an effort to prevent the crisis, which was not only in vain, but also deepen it.

76. He was vain and ostentatious.

77. He was vain and bombastic.

78. That's how my husband smuggled money into this country... as presents for his vain, dumb trophy wife.

79. Jackson tried in vain to rally his troops to hold, but the entire Confederate force was forced into a general retreat.

80. For 30 years, he tried to persuade manufacturers - in vain.