vain
Example Sentences
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It is a slog she has dealt with for years, while searching in vain for reasonably priced housing near work.
Nuzzi writes that “we were both of us, vain, and our shared reverence for physical beauty, was in part, what bonded us.”
From Los Angeles Times
"We can't bring Meg back but what we can make sure is that her death isn't in vain," said Mrs Draper.
From BBC
Trier expresses it more bluntly: “She won’t,” he predicts, “become one of those vain actors who play it safe.”
From Los Angeles Times
Van Veen's hard work looked to be in vain as he missed five match darts, but Humphries was equally wasteful and fell to a fourth consecutive loss to the Dutchman.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
