resultless

Example Sentences

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Well," said his wife, still cheerfully, "my fishing seems to be resultless yet.

From Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp or, the Old Lumberman's Secret by Carr, Annie Roe

Too primitive for the Society into which he had cantered must be his Far-West methods, since rusted over were his hopes and resultless his to-day.

From Lonesome Town by Dorrance, Ethel

Nevertheless, complicated, disturbed and persistently resultless situations always end by becoming irksome to those who are entangled in them, and by inspiring a desire for extrication.

From A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 3 by Black, Robert

The man is pleased, displeased and afraid, suspicious or careless, according as he sees things to be helpful, harmful, doubtful, or resultless.

From Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV by Jastrow, Morris

There was a spasm of excitement in Congress, but it was brief and resultless.

From The Negro and the Nation A History of American Slavery and Enfranchisement by Merriam, George Spring