ineffectually

Example Sentences

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Ineffectually, in timorous confusion, the old secretary protested while Jack fastened it in his buttonhole.

From Over the Pass by Palmer, Frederick

Ineffectually, I say, for something always forced her back.

From The Westerners by White, Stewart Edward

Ineffectually they tried to shake off the lassitude that was creeping over their senses.

From Steve Yeager by Raine, William MacLeod

Ineffectually did Lettice endeavor to represent matters under a cheerful aspect.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 by Various

Ineffectually did Vanderbilt bribe the legislators to defeat it; as fast as they took and kept his money, Gould debauched them with greater sums.

From Great Fortunes from Railroads by Myers, Gustavus