uselessly
Example Sentences
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“Don’t use stalker as a verb,” says Cole, clinging uselessly onto a handrail.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2023
“It’s uselessly costly and its storage is small and battery life even worse.”
From New York Times ● Apr. 18, 2023
After spending millions in legal fees to fight uselessly against name, image and likeness reform, this is a worthy cause.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 2, 2022
And after they bounce around uselessly, they're hoping to swindle more of their obscenely rich friends into doing the same.
From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2021
But the harder I ran, the more the wind blew me back, until I was running in place, my heels digging uselessly in the sand.
From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan
