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Example sentences for: vainly

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

As he tries vainly to cajole the marshal, another newspaper reporter gloats, "He's totally screwed."
It's a metaphor for our vainly putting our faith in modern technology instead of centuries-old superstition.
Hillary Clinton was the personality who most interested the Italian newspapers at Sunday's "Third Way" summit conference in Florence, where the leaders of the United States, Brazil, and various European countries vainly sought a common political platform for the world's parties of the center-left.
Brother Purvis strained the buttons on his vest as his face purpled and he growled (as Samson vainly resisting Delilah), “She tempts me, Lord!
And that training still keeps the Miss America pageant in business, despite the occasional minor agitation that vainly urges it to stop the swimsuit competition.