be of no avail
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But it looks to be of no avail.
From Slate ● Jan. 13, 2022
It takes a very clever actress to explore those realms where cleverness will be of no avail.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 7, 2018
Lottie—alas! this woman had so fascinated those who held power in the family, that her story would be of no avail without some indisputable proof to sustain it.
From Wives and Widows; or The Broken Life by Ann S. (Ann Sophia) Stephens
She must play her part through to the end without wavering, or what she had already endured would be of no avail.
From The Spell by William Dana Orcutt
It will be of no avail to adduce the instance of Dr. J. W. Draper.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 120, October, 1867. by Various
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