resultless

Example Sentences

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The inquiry was soon over and proved as resultless as that made alone by Lieutenant Greg Holmes in the middle of the night.

From Uncle Sam's Boys as Sergeants or, Handling Their First Real Commands by Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)

Our plans for intercepting the good man were well laid and successful, but turned out resultless.

From The Hawaiian Archipelago by Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)

Too primitive for the Society into which he had cantered must be his Far-West methods, since rusted over were his hopes and resultless his to-day.

From Lonesome Town by Dorrance, Ethel

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)

In this almost accidental battle both sides suffered enormous losses, and neither attempted to bring about, or even to risk, a second resultless trial of strength.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various