uselessly

Example Sentences

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I grasp uselessly at the Dragon and Fröjda utensils zip-tied to the display wall at Burbank.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 14, 2025

Meanwhile, in some intellectual quarters, “humanism” is seen as a mask for elitism, bourgeois complacency or worse — when it isn’t dismissed entirely as a uselessly squishy concept.

From New York Times • Apr. 2, 2023

Washcloth uselessly in hand, I turn to my husband, who waits patiently.

From Washington Post • Jul. 17, 2022

And after they bounce around uselessly, they're hoping to swindle more of their obscenely rich friends into doing the same.

From Salon • Jul. 7, 2021

He squeezed it uselessly in his hand and asked, "What of Renly's host?"

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin