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to no avail

adjective as in fruitless

adjective as in futile

adjective as in unavailing

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She struggles against the grip of the trolls, but to no avail.

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The ones holding our items throw them to the side to try to get a better grip on solid ground—to no avail.

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I’m running, sliding, and dodging, but to no avail.

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He had searched every one of those sickeningly quaint villages, with their happy yodelers and endless mugs of hot chocolate, but to no avail.

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Svetlana tried to console him by making grim faces, but to no avail.

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