fruitlessly
Example Sentences
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While I fruitlessly tapped my L.A. street art connections, Valdez posted in Goodbye Pillarhenge Park: “Looking for the original artist to refurbish the bird.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
The Morelli sibs’ involvement gets more and more fruitlessly complicated, though Messrs. Ivanir and Kuzum get to stretch beyond what at first seem clichéd roles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026
Amidou Diallo, a welder who has been fruitlessly searching for fuel for his generator, fears the shortages could lead to an increase in crime and a worsened security situation.
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2025
I know that she spent years fruitlessly searching for her birth mother.
From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2024
For a quarter hour I sat on my bed, enjoying the quiet and trying fruitlessly to think of new ways to break the curse.
From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine
