Fruitless in a sentence

After England freewheeled their way to 8-393 and declared for their bowlers to have what turned out to be a fruitless late spell at the openers on day one, the Aussies now head into day three only 82 runs behind with five wickets in hand.

A further attempt in 2018 also proved fruitless.

Because of this, the negotiations between the government and the families became fruitless and the humanitarian crisis in Balochistan deepened.

But Klopp's attempts to finalise their business before the start of the pre-season have proved fruitless so far.

Efforts to get comment from CPU national director, Nathan Nkomo and Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Mashonaland West provincial spokesperson, Inspector Margaret Chitove, were fruitless at the time of publishing.

He had quit his previous job in eastern China's Zhejiang province to move closer to his family in Beijing, and was now wracked with anxiety about his prospects after a fruitless few weeks of searching.

He said it also would not have exempted Eskom from taking appropriate steps to prevent irregular and fruitless and wasteful expenditure, including appropriate criminal or disciplinary steps because of any losses incurred to date.

Jacks and Salt have been tipped to be the new Jason Roy and Alex Hales and the next generation gave their finest impression of the old guard, feasting on Ireland’s fruitless pursuit of early swing with a rash of fours.

Money was running out, studies were taking longer than planned and talks about taking over the site from the council appeared fruitless.

So far, efforts to find him over the past five months have proved fruitless.

The absence of a winner for the estimated $820 million jackpot brings the count of fruitless drawings to 28, at least for the big prize.

They were fruitless and led only to unnecessary conflicts.

Albuquerque also has a history with the EU’s fruitless efforts to build deeper capital markets.

Before today, we were somewhat dispirited by two years of fruitless negotiation with Whatu Ora health bureaucrats and a local politician.

Creating a profile on the likes of Hinge or Tinder can feel a fruitless endeavour at the best of times buthard not to let it wear you down.

Efforts to disclose the contents of that third report—which even included inquiries from Congress—were stonewalled by the Education Department and remain fruitless.

Efforts to live a “normal” life can feel fruitless when faced with the struggles of identity, parental connections, romantic relationships, academic performance, and behavioral challenges.

Former prime minister David Cameron made fruitless attempts to recruit Panesar’s contemporaries Darren Gough and Andrew Strauss as Conservative candidates.

In this light, sport enthusiasts and pundits opined that Nigeria went on usual jamboree to squander about N12billion on a fruitless project!

It’s best to just let something like this wash over you and admire it for what it is, because attempts to analyze might well prove fruitless.