be of no avail
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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
If a good word be of no avail I will use threats, and if my whole scheme falls through, Heaven only knows what I won't do.
From The Slaves of the Padishah by J?kai, M?r
It will be of no avail to adduce the instance of Dr. J. W. Draper.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 120, October, 1867. by Various
I let Czar go, and flew like the wind away from the hapless man, who was left to his fate, and my staying longer would be of no avail.
From The Backwoodsman or, Life on the Indian Frontier by Various