Futility Sentence Examples

She didn't want to face the futility of her situation, not yet!

Dean asked the question before he remembered futility of such a query.

He did not live to see the futility of such bulwarks.

So too, in his English in Ireland (1872-1874), which was written to show the futility of attempts to conciliate the Irish, he aggravates all that can be said against the Irish, touches too lightly on English atrocities,and writes unjustly of the influence of Roman Catholicism.

We must now all accept the utter futility of trying to shut our borders to problems abroad.

When the taking of the Bastille had assured the success of the Revolution, he warned the Assembly of the futility of passing fine-sounding decrees and urged the necessity for acting.

For much of all this the prime minister's colleagues were primarily responsible; but he himself had given a lead to the anti-militarist section by prominently advocating international disarmament, and the marked rebuff to the British proposals at the Hague conference of 1907 exposed alike the futility of this Radical ideal and the general inadequacy of the prime minister's policy of pacificism.

Up to this time the chief results were that (r) Christianity had gained a footing, (2) it had continued the monotheistic modification of Indian thought begun by Mahommedanism, and (3) the futility of sporadic and fanatical proselytism had been shown.

To effect this end the United African Company was formed in 187 9, and trade was pushed upon the river with an energy which convinced the French firms of the futility of their less united efforts.

Napper Tandy, who was drunk during most of the expedition, took possession of the village of Rutland, where he hoisted an Irish flag and issued a bombastic proclamation; but learning the complete failure of Humbert's expedition, and that Connaught instead of being in open rebellion was perfectly quiet, the futility of the enterprise was apparent to the French if not to Tandy himself; and the latter having been carried on board the "Anacreon" in a state of intoxication, the vessel sailed round the north of Scotland to avoid the English fleet, and reached Bergen in safety, whence Tandy made his way to Hamburg with three or four companions.

Maybe that explained her difficulty in justifying desire – the futility of it.

During the 1960s I.F. Stone exposed the futility of the Vietnam War in his weekly journal.

The psalmist is emphasizing the futility of trusting in mortal men.

Consciousness of my own futility added lead to my feet.

Today's wave of destruction also underlines the futility of trying to defeat terror by ever more repressive legislation.

The wisdom of Xenophanes, like the wisdom of the Hebrew Preacher, showed itself, not in a theory of the universe, but in a sorrowful recognition of the nothingness of things and the futility of endeavour.

Today 's wave of destruction also underlines the futility of trying to defeat terror by ever more repressive legislation.

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Katie was either convinced or saw the futility of the conversation, because she dropped the subject.

It was a lesson intended to teach the Netherlanders the utter futility of opposition to the will of their lord.

The Boers were at last convinced of the futility of any attempt to prolong the struggle, and on the 23rd of March the representatives of the Boer governments came into Pretoria.

With a curious respect for those theories his familiarity with the secret social history of France had caused him to entertain, he hoped and attempted to retain a hold over the king through the influence of Lady Yarmouth, though the futility of such means had already been demonstrated to him by his relations with Queen Caroline's "ma bonne Howard."

But the most rigorous application of the doomage law has only proved its complete futility as an effort to reach unascertained corporate and personal property.'

It was not till 1829, when the result of the elections had proved the futility of Villele's policy of repression, that Charles consented unwillingly to try a policy of compromise.

The Kansas-Nebraska legislation, and the subsequent troubles in Kansas, having convinced him of the futility of trying to influence the Democrats, he assumed the leadership in the North-west of the movement to form a new party to Oppose the extension of slavery.

But Egmont depends for its interest almost solely on two characters, Egmont himself and Klarchen, Gretchen's counterpart; regarded as a drama, it demonstrates the futility of that defiance of convention and rules with which the Sturm and Drang set out.

But, although Protagoras and Gorgias had examined the teaching of their predecessors so far as to satisfy themselves of its futility and to draw the sceptical inference, their study of the great problem of the day was preliminary to their sophistry rather than a part of it; and, as the overthrow of philosophy was complete and the attractions of sophistry were all-powerful, the question " What is knowledge?

Huxley has illustrated the futility of "close-time" in his remark that the prohibition of taking oysters from an oyster-bed during four months of the year is not the slightest security against its being stripped clean during the other eight months.

The moment that his death was reported the futility of oaths became apparent.

Because of the futility and sordid intrigues which characterized the independent Military Government at Canton, he, whose reputation in 1912 had stood high at home and abroad, came gradually to be regarded as an irreconcilable conspirator, whose personal ambitions were largely responsible for the continuance of the senseless civil strife between the North and the South.

An attempt was now made to subdue Portugal, but the battle of Montesclaros in 1665 proved the futility of the effort.

Thefutility of life came crashing in on me.

The opponent, realizing the futility of his actions, will feel remorse.

It demonstrates the sheer futility of using animals in such experimentation.

The futility of sinking hundreds of millions in large scale biofuel plants can be demonstrated quite simply.

Seeds of Peace offered a compelling evocation of the pain and futility of war.

The humble realize the futility of trying to redeem themselves.

I feel the anger rising up inside, but recognize the futility of it.

Most of the world these days is demonstrating the futility of trying to ban drugs.

We must embrace the struggle, willingly take on the task of Sisyphus, knowing its ultimate futility, but undertaking it nonetheless.

The Titanic disaster, occurring at the dawn of the 20th Century, confirms the tragic futility of Mankind.

Realizing the futility of making her dream a reality, she instead is goaded into prostitution by a persuasive pimp.

Your mind recognizes the futility of holding on to past hurts, but that doesn't mean you can let them go.

For a time his plan of buffer states was carried out, but in 1846 another Kaffir rising convinced him of the futility of his schemes.

The chivalry of Germany pouring through Alpine passes for an Italian campaign, or a coronation, left little trace in history except the lesson of their futility.

While he penned dissertations on the futility of fame and the burden of celebrity he was trimming his sails to catch the breeze of popular applause.

It is quite easy to exhibit the futility of such a conception if understood formally for the practical purposes of moral philosophy.

After a year's service in Congress in 1782-1783, in which he experienced the futility of endeavouring to attain through that decrepit body the ends he sought, he settled down to legal practice in New York.

In December, Brian Mickelthwaite said the sector demonstrated the futility of trying to build an internationally competitive industry behind high tariff barriers.

The former are reasoned with and exhorted to believe; the latter are contemptuously silenced by an exhibition of the futility of their religion.

These words show the futility of ascribing to Adam's account Columbus's knowledge of lands in the West, as many overzealous advocates of the Norse discoveries have done.

If some from time to tune dared to hope for political independence their futility was demonstrated.

But the very futility of the accusations must have betrayed to More the bitter determination of his enemies to compass his destruction.

Maybe that explained her difficulty in justifying desire – the futility of it.