resultless

Example Sentences

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And had the court made no progress during these seemingly resultless sittings?

From Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc — Volume 2 by Twain, Mark

Our plans for intercepting the good man were well laid and successful, but turned out resultless.

From The Hawaiian Archipelago by Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)

It was not altogether resultless that Carew's foot had been obstinately slow in its healing.

From On the Firing Line by Fuller, Hamilton Brock

The spirit of intrigue with women, as to which men will flatter themselves, is customarily so vile, so mean, so vapid a reflection of a feeling, so aimless, resultless, and utterly unworthy!

From He Knew He Was Right by Trollope, Anthony

One does not know, but if one is not a fool one does know that his every resultless petition proves him by the inexorable laws of logic to be the one or the other.

From The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays 1909 by Howes, S. O. (Silas Orrin)