Often the hands will solve a mystery that the intellect has struggled with in vain. From LearnThat.org. [Carl Jung (1875-1961).]
Laughst at their vain designs and tumults vain. From Wordnik.com. [Paradise Lost: The Fifth Book] Reference
Indeed, to labour in vain is heartless and discouraging. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation)] Reference
"If, as it must be, what I have said, 'in vain,' is really the fact". From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
No; in vain is salvation hoped for from hills and mountains, Jer. iii. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon)] Reference
Finishing the mission so our troops will not have died in vain is the most screwed up thing I have ever heard. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » 9%.] Reference
He discovered it (v. 18); He perceived their wickedness; for, surely in vain is the net spread in the sight of any bird, Prov. i. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John)] Reference
As with sententious lips to set a title vain on it. From Wordnik.com. [Synge and the Ireland of His Time] Reference
23 Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the multitude of mountains: truly in the. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi)] Reference
USATODAY. com - Tragic loss likely will be in vain. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Tragic loss likely will be in vain] Reference
Amy has tried in vain to persuade him to take it easier. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Injured Iraq veterans battle a new enemy] Reference
I feel like Diogenes, looking in vain for an honest man. From Wordnik.com. [The F-Team] Reference
May 17th, 2008 and there for honey bees have sought in vain. From Wordnik.com. [and there for honey bees have sought in vain] Reference
Trying in vain to shoot the Nuggets back into contention, Van. From Wordnik.com. [National Basketball Association - Jazz vs. Nuggets] Reference
Mordenkainen to 4e: shut your mouth and quit using my name in vain!. From Wordnik.com. [4e PHB Readthrough – Chapter 4: Classes « Geek Related] Reference
Fuzzy Slurpers will wait in vain for the rapture and for secession. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Tea Party organizer says she didn’t really want to kill lawmaker: ‘Nobody had a rope to hang Patty Murray.’] Reference
Warner tried in vain to fight through a wall of blockers to get to him. From Wordnik.com. [Return or retire? Warner undecided about future] Reference
Well, you can bumble around the woods, yelping in vain and bumping birds. From Wordnik.com. [Ten Tips for Hunting Stubborn Spring Turkeys] Reference
He would sit on a bench and wait in vain for someone to invite him to play. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Blake's parents prevented race from jading him] Reference
His fine effort looked to be in vain until Semin made his charge at the end. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com] Reference
But though the Spurs won the title with Parker, they tried, in vain, to sign Kidd. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Parker prevails with chip on shoulder, coach in face] Reference
Spurs coach Gregg Popovich argued in vain that Kidd had goaltended Ginobili's shot. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com] Reference
One of the girls gave chase on her bike, trying in vain to get the license plate number. From Wordnik.com. [Breakfast in Bed] Reference
The crowd became charged up after Nadal rolled on the clay in vain to reach a drop shot. From Wordnik.com. [Nadal beats Roddick to halt USA's Davis Cup defense] Reference
North loved fast motorcycles and his family tried in vain to get him to wear his helmet. From Wordnik.com. [Iraq glimpses for April 2007] Reference
Ivanisevic threw his racket and kicked the net, then argued in vain with the chair umpire. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Ivanisevic achieves 'dream'] Reference
Coutelot complained in vain to the chair umpire that Nalbandian should have received a warning. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - French qualifier Coutelot hits big payday] Reference
For only then can we attempt to say that people didn't die in vain in the unforgettable tragedy. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - There was no place for baseball this weekend] Reference
The mild-mannered Davenport pleaded in vain for chair umpire Gerry Armstrong to overrule the call. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Williams fights back, fends off determined Davenport] Reference
It was quickly becoming apparent that we were waiting in vain, and that we better start and finish this party on our own. From Wordnik.com. [The Things That Happen] Reference
Why search in vain for the elusive Higgs-Boson particle when the Hannity-Bachmann particle is of much greater value to mankind?. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » ThinkFast: April 8, 2010] Reference
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