futility

Example Sentences

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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

Boise State extended its recent futility against Power Four teams, dropping its 10th consecutive game.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 14, 2025

The air is thick with possibility, with futility, with the truth that some hunger is never fed.

From Salon • Nov. 8, 2025

He was pondering my exact relationship to her, and wondering whether he must bracket us together in futility.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier