be of no avail
Example Sentences
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But it looks to be of no avail.
From Slate • Jan. 13, 2022
It takes a very clever actress to explore those realms where cleverness will be of no avail.
From The New Yorker • Sep. 7, 2018
Let them seek his protection—it will be of no avail.
From The Mysterious Wanderer, Vol. III A Novel in Three Volumes by Reeve, Sophia
They are conscious of an intelligent sympathy with which falsehood will be of no avail.
From From the Easy Chair, series 3 by Curtis, George William
Muskets, evidently, could do little, as the vast herd, on being alarmed, would doubtless hurry into the sea, before the discharged arms could be reloaded, and harpoons could be of no avail.
From Memorials of the Sea My Father: Being Records of the Adventurous Life of the Late William Scoresby, Esq. of Whitby by Scoresby, William
