Adjective : a fruitless search for the missing treasure. From Dictionary.com.
While again fruitlessly trying to clear our archives of accumulated links, we were happily reacquainted with Richard Box's installation called Field. From Wordnik.com. [Fluorescent Field] Reference
"fruitless" for fruitlessly, which is so far a defect, the language of these lines does in no respect differ from that of prose. From Wordnik.com. [Lyrical Ballads, with Other Poems, 1800, Volume 1] Reference
'fruitless' for fruitlessly, which is so far a defect, the language of these lines does in no respect differ from that of prose. From Wordnik.com. [Prefaces and Prologues to Famous Books with Introductions, Notes and Illustrations] Reference
Seems like an exercie in fruitlessly. From Wordnik.com. [Steele: 'I am not afraid to go into battle'] Reference
He never suffers his time to pass away fruitlessly. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
I turn in a circle, searching fruitlessly for her. From Wordnik.com. [I'm Writing] Reference
V. as fruitlessly as Fitch's and Fulton's before Napoleon. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 097, January, 1876] Reference
The wolverines backed from jaws which snapped fruitlessly. From Wordnik.com. [Storm Over Warlock] Reference
He had spent nearly an hour in the parlor now, fruitlessly. From Wordnik.com. [Starman's Quest] Reference
They that are heroes never roar fruitlessly like autumnal clouds. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7] Reference
The group worried as they fruitlessly searched for the equipment. From Wordnik.com. [I Want My (Web) MTV] Reference
Again it made contact, strove to carry out that order fruitlessly. From Wordnik.com. [Star Hunter] Reference
They saw no figure of a man -- the man whom they had so fruitlessly pursued. From Wordnik.com. [Frank and Andy Afloat The Cave on the Island] Reference
I threw him down and fruitlessly pummeled his stomach, slapping a vat of fat. From Wordnik.com. [Cats in Hats] Reference
The right to redeem them was frequently though fruitlessly claimed by Norway and. From Wordnik.com. [Sutherland and Caithness in Saga-Time or, The Jarls and The Freskyns] Reference
For years he fruitlessly searched for the girl; they were finally reunited in 2002. From Wordnik.com. [ENTER THE 'MAYHEM MAGNET'] Reference
Do not, O son of Kunti, roar fruitlessly in this way like autumnal clouds uncharged with water!. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
Western G8 members may have objected, fruitlessly, to Putin's inviting China to the Moscow summit. From Wordnik.com. [Fear and Loathing in Siberia] Reference
There was some discussion about trains and connecting boats, and a guide-book was fruitlessly hunted for. From Wordnik.com. [Bluebell A Novel] Reference
He continued to stand there until the horses, save for the wounded one still kicking fruitlessly, were gone. From Wordnik.com. [The Defiant Agents] Reference
The duty which you pointed out to me as a remedy for the pain which tortured me I have fruitlessly followed. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
His wife, the virtuous Éléonore de Roye, fruitlessly applied for admission in order to minister to his wants. From Wordnik.com. [The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2)] Reference
Pedro Gastambide then took command, but after having attacked Basílan Island fruitlessly, he retired to Zamboanga. From Wordnik.com. [The Philippine Islands] Reference
It was here that Frenchmen were encamped while their guns were fruitlessly hammering at the walls of Fort St. George. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Madras] Reference
Banks sat on their bad debts; and depositors waited patiently (and fruitlessly) for the economy to automatically recover. From Wordnik.com. [Not Another Hashimoto, Please!] Reference
As we did not overtake him, we stood still and listened attentively, though fruitlessly, for not a footstep could we hear. From Wordnik.com. [From John O'Groats to Land's End] Reference
I scour the seats in my sister's car, fruitlessly retracing my steps through the back yard, up the porch and into the house. From Wordnik.com. [Torn] Reference
He would have been willing to let the matter stand where it was or allow Jabe to wear himself fruitlessly down to exhaustion. From Wordnik.com. [Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good] Reference
The "two-state solution" pressed so fruitlessly by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is arguably merely the latest delusion. From Wordnik.com. [Israel's Endgame] Reference
Travis kicked fruitlessly, trying to regain his feet as the horse reared, and fought against the control of his shouting rider. From Wordnik.com. [The Defiant Agents] Reference
But, alas, it is ofttimes vainly and fruitlessly, for such outward comfort is a great hindering to inward and heavenly consolation. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 6] Reference
To Jim Holden, Denny was simply fussing fruitlessly and absurdly with an ordinary "ant-hill," as he persisted in miscalling a termitary. From Wordnik.com. [The Raid on the Termites] Reference
Animal life was plentiful and, despite Norman's renewed protests, his companion insisted now and then in fruitlessly discharging his rifle at small game. From Wordnik.com. [On the Edge of the Arctic or, An Aeroplane in Snowland] Reference
Most natives look alike to the newcomer in India, but she frowned again as she chewed the crust of buttered toast and racked her brain fruitlessly for a clue. From Wordnik.com. [Leonie of the Jungle] Reference
The Major and I went over the ground very carefully, we studied the sick report for two months back, fruitlessly trying to place the blame upon the first case. From Wordnik.com. [Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86] Reference
What king born in a noble race, a race especially like that of Kuru, save of course the foolish Duryodhana, would thus fruitlessly wage such fierce hostilities?. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
People's servants acquire some respectability from the master whom they serve, but we poor fellows fruitlessly wait upon you, and are beaten and blown up in the bargain. From Wordnik.com. [Hung Lou Meng, Book I Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books] Reference
Polly was searching fruitlessly for something to dry the tears that overran her eyes, and I was able to lend her aid, but the accommodation was of the nature of a "call loan.". From Wordnik.com. [The Fat of the Land The Story of an American Farm] Reference
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