resultless
Example Sentences
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The heroic attempts of Kalt, Dörnberg, Schill, and Lützow fell resultless on the indifference of the people.
From The Nameless Castle by Jókai, Mór
The elections, therefore, are in very good hands; attempts to influence the electors by fallacious representations or by promises would, even if they were to be made, prove resultless.
From Freeland A Social Anticipation by Hertzka, Theodor
It has been said that there are some interesting points about this resultless engagement.
From The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 by Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer)
It occurred to me that possibly the pomegranate seeds might have germinated, and the plants become established and acclimatised, but search proved resultless.
From Confessions of a Beachcomber by Banfield, E. J. (Edmund James)
Nevertheless, complicated, disturbed and persistently resultless situations always end by becoming irksome to those who are entangled in them, and by inspiring a desire for extrication.
From A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 3 by Black, Robert
