be of no avail
Example Sentences
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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
It is astonishing, that beings formed to look forward so anxiously to the future, when anxiety can be of no avail, should often treat it with such perverse disregard, when foresight might indeed be useful.
From Discipline by Brunton, Mary
And, as I said before, your sympathies, however kind and commendable they may be, will be of no avail unless the courts decide against Dr. Devarges.
From Gabriel Conroy by Harte, Bert
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 Orcutt, William Dana
