An attempt which fails!

Your struggle is in vain.

All to no avail.

It's too bad he got away last night without a trace.

I tried in vain to persuade them.

I talked to him. It's a waste of breath.

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

I m trying to understand what is happening.

The rapes were reported to the police, but nothing happened.

What a waste of money.

The impresario has tried to help me out, but it's all in vain.

Its efforts failed and not without good reason.

Haydn remonstrated with the prince, but to no avail.

Sami searched for his children in Egypt but in vain.

Forces from the Allies attempted unsuccessfully to defend the islands.

Regional, international and direct diplomacy have been applied, but to no avail.

Stay human.

I only said not to shed blood in vain.

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

There are many missing.

But, alas, Caesar must bleed for it.

But I'm afraid I'm not going to be able to be of much help to you unless I've got some idea what it's all about.

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.

The Russian Federation had frequently requested an increase in parking spaces, but to no avail.

Let me just leave from here because I will be talking nonsense.

So, the economic hit men go back in in the 90's without success.

The existence of the no fly zone was mentioned to the pilot and local command to no avail.

Unfortunately, a third of the time allotted to us this year has gone by without any progress having been made on the programme of work.

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

No, I don't need him, don't need this scandalous system.

It's true I assure you as true as I'm sitting here talking about him in vain.

Too bad.

Too bad!

A pity.

Afraid so.

I'm afraid she is.

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

Conversation flowed in a void apparently meaningless or, at any rate, not meant to mean anything.

But try as I might, we live in times of peace... and my every effort has been in vain.

It's all for nothin', Will. It's all for nothin'.

No, unfortunately, I have not.

But I'm sorry.

Oh, most unhappily, yes.

Unfortunately, no.