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Vainly | Vain

Vainly meaning

  1. In a vain pursuit; to no avail.
  2. With a vain attitude; in a self-approving manner.

Synonyms of Vainly

in vain

Using Vainly

  • The main meaning on this page is: In a vain pursuit; to no avail. | With a vain attitude; in a self-approving manner.
  • Useful related words include: in vain.
  • In the example corpus, vainly often appears in combinations such as: vainly tried, vainly attempted, had vainly.

Context around Vainly

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 25.9 words
  • Position in the sentence: 8 start, 3 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 13 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

protested 1× gantz 1× speaker 1× edward 1× stations 1× poet 1× lydia 1× pleads 1×

Often after:

tried 3× attempted 3× seeking 1× searching 1× pleading 1×

Sentence patterns with Vainly

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

benny gantz vainly tried to 1× edward vainly attempted to 1× he pleads vainly for her 1× hittites had vainly tried to 1× mathematicians had vainly attempted to 1× neighbouring lydia vainly pleading with 1× palace and vainly attempted to 1× railway stations vainly seeking rations 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

an uproar ensued 1× edward vainly attempted 1× his shipmates protested 1× large numbers of 1× mathematicians had vainly 1× pundits and voters 1×

Common sentence endings:

and terrified cat 1× away from her 1× before moving north 1× come to order 1× from the arena 1× king for help 1×

Words around Vainly

Just before it in the word index:

vainilla 2 vainglory 7 vainglorious 7 vain 398 vaillant 6 vaillancourt 17

Just after it in the word index:

vaino 2 vainu 2 vainuku 2 vaio 3 vaipae 3 vaipulu 3

Similar in corpus frequency:

aanand 16 abcd 16 abdurrahman 16 aberdour 16 abergele 16 abg 16

Corpus analysis for Vainly

  • In this selection, "vainly" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, protested, gantz, speaker, tried, attempted and seeking stand out and add context to how "vainly" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include benny gantz vainly tried to and edward vainly attempted to. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "vainly" sits close to words such as aanand, abcd and abdurrahman, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with vainly

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

The Hittites had vainly tried to preserve the Mitanni kingdom with military support. (13 words)

She was shortly afterwards brought to the palace and vainly attempted to move Octavian to pity. (16 words)

While he pleads vainly for her to return to him, cheers are heard from the arena. (16 words)

Longer example sentences

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. (46 words)

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. (36 words)

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. (35 words)

Example sentences (13)

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.

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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.

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Common combinations with vainly

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "vainly" in a sentence?
An example: "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." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "vainly" from authentic English texts.
What does "vainly" mean?
Vainly means: In a vain pursuit; to no avail.
What are synonyms of "vainly"?
Common synonyms of "vainly" include: in vain.
How many example sentences with "vainly" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "vainly", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.