After the cake fell onto the floor, they worked futilely to make it look perfect. From LearnThat.org.
Adjective : Attempting to force-feed the sick horse was futile. From Dictionary.com.
I was transfixed, even as I ran, even as I called futilely after her. From Wordnik.com. [bard Diary Entry] Reference
She could do little more now than squirm, futilely. From Wordnik.com. [Magicians of Gor]
Trent never even tried to resist, Bink thought futilely. From Wordnik.com. [A Spell For Chameleon]
Frantically, futilely, players programmed their computers. From Wordnik.com. [Fire Dancer]
Or hacked their way futilely through dense, prickly thickets. From Wordnik.com. [The Killing Hour]
He struggled, futilely. âHe is a Cosian spy, â I said. From Wordnik.com. [Magicians of Gor]
Here was the very thing I had tried so futilely to recall when the. From Wordnik.com. [The Paternoster Ruby] Reference
Which fact he was trying diligently — and futilely — to ignore. From Wordnik.com. [No Man's Mistress]
The shots after that sounded like a tin pail being futilely kicked. From Wordnik.com. [Stallion Gate]
Birnier and strangled reason, the fact at which his mind yawed futilely. From Wordnik.com. [Witch-Doctors] Reference
BROKAW: May I-- may I futilely try to get control here for just a moment?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Larry King Live: Tom Brokaw Discusses `The Greatest Generation' - March 6, 2000] Reference
It took longer for their feet to stop beating futilely against the ground. From Wordnik.com. [Dancer's Illusion]
Rudy fell to the ground screaming, futilely clutching at his bloody wound. From Wordnik.com. [Time Was]
He even tried futilely to radio the pleasure bubb, full of Earth tourists. From Wordnik.com. [The Planet Strappers] Reference
Aydrian shook his head and tried hard, but futilely, to hide his mounting anger. From Wordnik.com. [Immortalis]
A frightened look came into her eyes, and she struggled, for a moment, futilely. From Wordnik.com. [The Master-Knot of Human Fate] Reference
Becoming aware of assorted aches and discomforts in her body, she squirmed futilely. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Federation Of The Hub]
They ran about, aiming their short-range heat beams futilely up at the rising copter. From Wordnik.com. [Rebels of the Red Planet] Reference
He picked futilely at the dried leaves and burrs that clung to his once-elegant attire. From Wordnik.com. [Curse of the Shadowmage]
Ida Mary and I labored futilely with bolts and screws and other iron parts for two days. From Wordnik.com. [Land of the Burnt Thigh] Reference
She tugged discreetly, futilely, at the woven plastic binding her elbows behind her back. From Wordnik.com. [Fire Dancer]
The slender beams could comb it futilely and endlessly, in the hope of a fortunate accident. From Wordnik.com. [The Planet Strappers] Reference
He pounded futilely at the couch cushions, glared all about in a swift, intense, animal way. From Wordnik.com. [Breaking Point] Reference
Barry tugged futilely at his own weapon; Mrs. Goring turned white; a gasp burst from all four. From Wordnik.com. [Gold Out of Celebes] Reference
Did Nikitin mean Arkady was working hard, too hard, futilely, successfully, that Arkady was smart, a fool?. From Wordnik.com. [Gorky Park]
He tried to scramble to hold his balance, but futilely, and his back legs went out from under him and down he went. From Wordnik.com. [Immortalis]
Half its body gone, the crawler spun over and over, its long tongue uncoiling to flick futilely at its missing self. From Wordnik.com. [Mid Flinx]
'I might have to cut this,' he said, pulling futilely at the black strands that had wound themselves about the thorns. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Corelli's Mandolin]
Brett, leaning over the table, was stabbing around futilely in one of the sets of tubes in a complicated testing device. From Wordnik.com. [Treachery in Outer Space] Reference
He said that the United States tried futilely to get the Saudis to provide more protection for those residential compounds. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 14, 2003] Reference
The next moment, Roger was struggling futilely, feet kicking wildly as Astro held him at arm's length six inches off the floor. From Wordnik.com. [The Revolt on Venus] Reference
The bishop froze in place, though, watching the writhing of the soldier on the floor, the man grasping futilely at his torn throat. From Wordnik.com. [Immortalis]
He ducked futilely as the hard fruits bounced harmlessly off him, and shook his head in bemusement as Pelagia once more disappeared. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Corelli's Mandolin]
She tugged futilely on her 1970s polyester suit, smacked the steering wheel with the palm of her hand, then blew out an exasperated breath. From Wordnik.com. [The Killing Hour]
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