bootless errand
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
"But he's gone on a bootless errand, I tell ye," continued Mrs. Garth.
From The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance by Caine, Hall, Sir
But no guides were to be found, and in the next summer the young man returned from his bootless errand.
From A Half-Century of Conflict - Volume II by Parkman, Francis
Officers had been sent on the heights of Capri, one of which towers more than a thousand feet above the sea; but they returned from a bootless errand.
From The Wing-and-Wing Le Feu-Follet by Cooper, James Fenimore
Ay, many may come, but few shall go back," he cried defiantly; "besides, ye come on a bootless errand.
From Tales From Scottish Ballads by Stewart, Allan
"Because," was the reply, "you ride of a bootless errand."
From The Handbook of Conundrums by Ordway, Edith B.
