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  1. vainly, in vainadverb

    to no avail

    "he looked for her in vain"; "the city fathers tried vainly to find a solution"

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    vainly

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How to use in vain in a sentence?

  1. Patty Sheehan:

    They did not die in vain because of what is happening right now, if you are softening your hearts, and there has been a change of heart, thank you.

  2. Jeb Bush:

    It’s very hard for me to say that their lives were lost in vain, in fact, they weren't.

  3. Thomas Traherne:

    The soul is made for action, and cannot rest till it be employed. Idleness is its rust. Unless it will up and think and taste and see, all is in vain.

  4. John Dryden:

    Men are but children of a larger growth, Our appetites as apt to change as theirs, And full as craving too, and full as vain.

  5. Anatole France:

    The finest words in the world are only vain sounds if you cannot understand them.


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