bootless errand

Example Sentences

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"Because," was the reply, "you ride of a bootless errand."

From The Handbook of Conundrums by Ordway, Edith B.

Ay, many may come, but few shall go back," he cried defiantly; "besides, ye come on a bootless errand.

From Tales From Scottish Ballads by Stewart, Allan

This magnificent reasoning was of course unanswerable; and the rebuked petitioner abandoned her bootless errand in despair.

From The Experiences of a Barrister, and Confessions of an Attorney by Warren, Samuel

It seems hard that you had to come all the way here on such a bootless errand.

From The Three Partners by Harte, Bret

Vaillant returned from his bootless errand; and a stormy correspondence followed between the two governors.

From Count Frontenac and New France under Louis XIV by Parkman, Francis