Vainly

His shipmates protested vainly, so they tied a rope around him to drag him back from whatever demons might lurk in the hold, and he went down, bringing to light nothing worse than a four footed stowaway, in the shape of a hungry and terrified cat.

Pundits and voters began to anticipate a third election after Blue & White’s leader, Benny Gantz, vainly tried to form a government without Lieberman or Netanyahu.

An uproar ensued, with NDP and Conservative MPs banging their desks and bellowing that they had points of order about Regan’s interruption as the Speaker vainly called for the House to come to order.

Edward vainly attempted to probe the crossings at Hangest-sur-Somme and Pont-Remy before moving north.

Large numbers of reservists choked railway stations, vainly seeking rations and orders.sfn The effect of these differences was accentuated by the pre-war preparations.

Mathematicians had vainly attempted to solve all of these problems since the time of the ancient Greeks.

Scholars have vainly tried to locate Lucan's last words in his work but no passage in Lucan's extant poem exactly matches Tacitus's description at "Annals" 15.70.1.

She was shortly afterwards brought to the palace and vainly attempted to move Octavian to pity.

The Hittites had vainly tried to preserve the Mitanni kingdom with military support.

The poet, vainly searching for love, takes his revenge on destiny and the women who have rejected him, above all Targioni, whose memory continues to disturb the poet after more than a year away from her.

Urartu was ravaged by marauding Indo-European speaking Scythian and Cimmerian raiders during this time, with its vassal king (together with the king of neighbouring Lydia ) vainly pleading with the beleaguered Assyrian king for help.

Vainly for succour Nassan calls; Know, Zillah, that thy Nassan falls; But prowling wolf and fox may joy To quarry on thy Arab boy.

While he pleads vainly for her to return to him, cheers are heard from the arena.