unavailingly
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That morning, while police unavailingly checked reports that the killing was the result of an A. F. of L.C.
From Time Magazine Archive
Having battled unavailingly up to the Supreme Court, all the major utilities submitted plans for slicing themselves up in accord with the death sentence.
From Time Magazine Archive
Democrat Adlai Stevenson, who had unavailingly proposed in his 1956 campaign that the U.S. suspend its own nuclear tests unilaterally, feared that the U.S.S.R.'s move might "deprive us of the moral leadership."
From Time Magazine Archive
However, having applied unavailingly at a third door, which led into a “utility room,” and a fourth, the door to the kitchen, she rejoined her father, who said, “Maybe they’re asleep.”
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
The young fellows of the town mourned over the loss of so many merry young partners that Christmas, but all unavailingly.
From The Heritage of the Kurts, Volume II (of 2) by Bj?rnstjerne Bj?rnson
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