uselessly
Example Sentences
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I grasp uselessly at the Dragon and Fröjda utensils zip-tied to the display wall at Burbank.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2025
Inside that haunted house, the family members in “The Humans” are all as trapped as Momo is in her illness, shrieking uselessly into the void.
From New York Times ● Nov. 23, 2021
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
I spent the rest of the afternoon at home, puttering around uselessly while Michelle and the girls got their hair done.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 21, 2020
There was Crook Arm, whose left arm dangled down uselessly by his side with two of his fingers missing.
From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep
