futility

Example Sentences

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Back and forth they went in their futility.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026

Strikingly for someone with an enviable career, she is wonderfully unsparing on the futility of chasing success.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

Meanwhile. the Indiana Pacers matched a franchise record for futility with their 12th straight defeat, falling 135-127 to the Magic in Orlando.

From Barron's • Jan. 4, 2026

And as “After the Hunt” assesses the futility of so-called cancel culture, the film carefully avoids assigning guilt, reminding the viewer that there is still plenty of gray area between good and bad.

From Salon • Dec. 5, 2025

Given the final futility of our struggle, is the fleeting jolt of meaning that art gives us valuable?

From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green