Words similar to vain

Example sentences for: vain

How can you use “vain” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

He can be vain, pompous, and ridiculous.
I am sitting here attempting in vain to find something to disagree with in your brilliant last posting, my darling, but cannot.
He called the general a "vain and even malignant man," and added, "He hates England and has left a trail of Anglophobia behind everywhere."
But at least, said the Guardian , Gingrich has refrained from taking the parrot's name in vain.
On Meet the Press , Podesta attacked the Republican "strategy to go into the Social Security surplus in the vain hope that the public will blame the president.