All to no avail.

I tried in vain to persuade them.

You try straining it through cheesecloth, but it doesn t do much good.

I m trying to understand what is happening.

Sami searched for his children in Egypt but in vain.

Forces from the Allies attempted unsuccessfully to defend the islands.

It was useless and it caused me a lot of physical and psychological pain.

Under pressure from scientists worldwide, Indonesia agreed in June to share genetic data on some of its viral samples, but not the actual microbes.

Continuing their attempts at suicide, they try to kill themselves five times but in vain.

Away from our blue, virtual world, you look at yourself and find that you re the only one whose pertinences have disappeared.

It is easy to conclude that there is just no point in even trying to beat the market.

Last month alone, they visited five large cities without success.

You say nuclear to them, and they're thinking, Oh my God, we're all gone. What's the point? It's futile.

Regulators have struggled with the problem for years without finding a solution.

Late in 1944 all efforts were redirected towards countering the advancing Red Army, but to no avail.

In 2000, Backlund unsuccessfully ran for a Connecticut seat in Congress on a Republican ticket.

But no policy makes sense if it cannot be sustained without long term government support.

Whoever did this horrible massacre got no human feelings, brainwashed to the level that he became a killing machine that does not differentiate what about what is right or wrong as a human to kill a child in that way.

And Anonymous International would be nothing if it didn't allude to Medvedev's foolish reputation. This tweet refers to Medvedev's infatuation with photography, perhaps alluding to his infamously embarrassing elevator selfie.

Numerous NGOs and public figures had contacted the Government in order to prevent her deportation to Spain, but without success.

Without a road, you cannot transport resources and finished goods.

That mistake was made by the Japanese, who tried, unsuccessfully, to muddle through, only to end up with 18 years of stagnation.

The British Liberal Democrats, for example, have tried for decades to become a strong centrist third party, without success.

Prior to this policy, the British had spent 15 years and countless funds repressing and punishing the tribes, without result.

In 2007, Hawass threatened to ban exhibitions of Egyptian artifacts in Germany if Nefertiti was not lent to Egypt, but to no avail.

When I finally arrived in Istanbul I went to a hostel first with some friends and tried very hard to find a job. But it was all in vain.

In 1934, he tried without success to build ties with France, Germany, and the Balkan states, and Albania drifted back into the Italian orbit.

Without a doubt, Israel will be a major obstacle to reaching an agreement.

It's useless to argue.

African countries search endlessly, and mostly fruitlessly, for the small amounts of funding needed for their purchases of fertilizer and improved seeds.

In the past, several initiatives had been tried by the people of Puerto Rico, such as proposals to the United States Congress and the President, regarding plebiscites, referendums and even legal actions, with no results.

It is not necessary to recount the consequences.

There is no use holding onto illusions.

Their work was nearing its end and it was crucial not to fail them.

The feasibility of potential income generating activities has been tested.

NATO has been trying for years without success to get its member states to spend the required 2 of GDP on defense.

Without a strategy for growth, an effort to reduce government spending, and a policy to stop deflation, a tax hike will not solve the problem.

After three and a half years in the Navy, he tried unsuccessfully to write a novel before returning to his philosophy studies and earning his doctorate in philosophy in 1949.

It is from this point in 1660 that unbroken French rule in Haiti begins.

We know that from such cases as that of John Moore, who tried unsuccessfully to claim property rights in a valuable cell line developed from his immune cells.

On 10 December, within six months of his birth, Mary of Modena took baby James to France, worried about his safety, while his father continued to fight (unsuccessfully) to retain his crown.

It is only through solidarity that the international community's duty and commitment to the sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity of Haiti will fully materialize.

And we're trying to tell them, It's not futile.

Attempts by the Greek Cypriot representatives, through often repeated false claims, to confer legitimacy upon an illegal administration will be futile as long as the Turkish Cypriot people refuse to bow to its writs.

By imitating an animal with a well known protective profile, a weaker one may enjoy selective benefits without the costs.