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futility
1. Although Menachem continued to laugh and joke, although he strained so hard to contrive new amusements, the sudden and utter futility of my life was all that I could comprehend
2. Some of them recognise the futility of it all and never say a word
3. He soon realised the futility of trying to work in
4. as certain of the futility of her plan
5. ‘Then you’ll know about the futility of it all
6. the one who – by his exaggerations and the futility of his
7. But it wasn’t long before Brontes realized the futility of his attacks
8. He could no longer resist his telepathic attacks, his anger was all spent in futility
9. Sisyphus is doomed to eternal futility
10. I hadn’t gone far when I saw the futility of the search
11. As his lips parted the futility of trying to inhale made him want to scream, but that was not possible either
12. Nothing seems necessary for the repeal of such regulations, but to convince the public of the futility of that system in consequence of which they have been established
13. I was one of the ones who couldn’t wait to go to war but I will tell you something if I had know what war was all about the filth hopelessness and futility then I would never have bothered
14. But he also felt a crushing sense of futility
15. To force her to marry that monster! She was deluged by the temptation to rail, to scream, to cry in exasperated futility
16. He was to the point of storming a plush office on the top floor when a savvy sergeant reminded him of the futility of challenging the ingrained system
17. Now the enemy returned fire, their machine guns pointed skywards in rage and futility
18. He wished he could make Philo understand before he began, but that would be an exercise in futility
19. As I crossed the black tarmac to the Jag, I started thinking about the futility of Langdon"s death – and my role in it
20. exasperation or futility or impossibility, looks of scorn, resignation, and her favorite and most used, a look of inquiry
21. Andrew McCarthy’s recent book Willful Blindness discusses the first WTC bombing and the failure and futility of prosecuting war as a legal approach to crime
22. At first, it looked like Chofsky was going to argue this point but, realizing the futility, simply said, “I’ll call Mr
23. After awhile he grasped the courage & dared to try to speak again, again in futility
24. I couldn’t see what happened after very well, I was weak with being drained to the brink of death, but I will never forget the beheld cries of agony that left my brothers lips as they whimpered and scattered in futility to release themselves from his grasp
25. See their futility and the danger
26. For how else can I describe my longing for Elysium and my subsequent actions to reach it? If I were truly rational, and I confess that I am not that enlightened, then I would see the futility in all actions
27. Absurdity and futility have supplanted them: the absurdity and futility of life, of sentience, of reality
28. But despite the frenzied activity, an underlying futility taints the atmosphere
29. They think highly of themselves but they are nothing more than futility in My eyes
30. from the futility of his dying, would add meaning to his
31. Shades of Marx, Engels, and Fourier! It is obvious that Owen’s system could not succeed because it goes against human nature and individuality, but even though the futility of his experiment might have been pointed out to Owen, he notoriously did not listen to dissenters or to those who criticized him or pointed out the failure of his hoped-for results
32. “Well, it may be an exercise in futility, but we’d better check the other doors, too
33. Texas has a Futility Law that provides for a limited time period before the
34. others, appealed to the courts to prevent the Texas Futility Law from being
35. “The futility of Steng's attempt convinces Screwy-driver this is going to be an easy kill
36. “When?” he asked solemnly, realizing the futility in attempting
37. He learnt first hand the pain and suffering inflicted on so many by the violence of war and futility of war in general
38. Then Bianca understands and can’t help but laugh at the futility of it all
39. Knowing the futility of lying awake—just hating—I actual y whispered a prayer
40. And he knew the futility of the Caligastia method of trying to get ahead of the natural, slow, and sure way of accomplishing the divine purpose
41. And as the young child remained tranquil on her own birthdays, they came to believe that Sneha, during her sojourn in heaven, might have realized the futility of vanity in life
42. Could you gaze from that palace casement you would realize the futility of resistance
43. Then he tried to tear his hands off the spikes, and it was not the knifing, abysmal agony that finally caused him to cease his efforts, but the futility of it
44. Seeing the futility of a pitched battle in the streets with Arpello's retainers, under such conditions, Trocero hurled the baton in his rival's face, hanged the leaders of the mercenaries in the market-square as his last official act, and rode out of the southern gate at the head of his fifteen hundred steel-clad knights
45. have a vague sense of futility about all she does ora sense of shame about being silent
46. After that the rest of us saw the futility of resistance, especially as the people of Tarantia refused to fight
47. But do you realize the futility of sacrificing your subjects in a vain attempt to regain your crown?'
48. A wave of futility swept over him, a dim fear of the falseness of all men's dreams and idolatries
49. The discussion was an exercise in futility
50. A thin smile spread across his face as he realized the futility of that effort