vain attempt
Example Sentences
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On social media, consumers shared childhood memories of consuming all 17 sticks of gum in one sitting, in a vain attempt to make the gum’s flavor last.
From New York Times ● Jan. 11, 2024
Wertz called several draft-age men in a vain attempt to prove the speech discouraged registration.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 1, 2023
Geno Smith threw an interception on a vain attempt to Tyler Lockett.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 25, 2022
The 32-year-old from Northern Ireland went for broke with his 64 on Sunday, his most exciting golf since that vain attempt to make the cut at Royal Portrush in the Open of 2019.
From BBC ● Apr. 11, 2022
Dad asked me, catching me serenading Teddy as I pushed him around the kitchen in his stroller in a vain attempt to get him to nap.
From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman
