fruitlessly
Example Sentences
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While I fruitlessly tapped my L.A. street art connections, Valdez posted in Goodbye Pillarhenge Park: “Looking for the original artist to refurbish the bird.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
The Morelli sibs’ involvement gets more and more fruitlessly complicated, though Messrs. Ivanir and Kuzum get to stretch beyond what at first seem clichéd roles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026
I know that she spent years fruitlessly searching for her birth mother.
From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2024
The allies—some of whom are the ones tirelessly but fruitlessly negotiating the terms of a cease-fire—clearly want the war to stop.
From Slate ● May 13, 2024
Then he continued to search fruitlessly for his pig.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
