Synonym: vainly. Similar words: invade, invasion, maintain, canvas, prevail, available, be available, availability. Meaning: adv. to no avail.
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31. He tried in vain to keep the two dogs apart before the neighbour intervened.
32. He stopped at the door, waiting in vain for her to acknowledge his presence.
33. Who's been taking my name in vain?I don't hold such an opinion.
34. They tried to rally the pound sterling but in vain.
35. The swindler tried to baffle him out of his money, but in vain.
36. How dare you take the Lord's name in vain ?
37. Marshals struggled in vain to prevent spectators rushing onto the racetrack.
38. She attempted in vain to introduce some order into the classroom.
39. In vain he tried to free the rope around his hands.
40. It was in vain that we tried to find his mother.
41. He tried to cover up his mistakes but in vain.
42. Altman swore that his son's death would not be in vain.
43. She tried in vain to point out to him the unfairness of his actions.
44. She and a neighbour tried in vain to revive him.
45. She tried in vain to point out to him the unfairness of the situation.
46. He looked in vain for the source of his unease.
47. The police tried in vain to break up the protest crowds.
48. Day after day she waited in vain for him to telephone her.
49. Pollsters have searched in vain for pockets of disloyalty.
50. Against boredom the gods themselves fight in vain. Friedrich Nietzsche 
51. Live for yourself and you will live in vain; Live for others, and you will live again. Bob Marley
52. But you will wait in vain if you want to learn anything more detailed about tornadoes, floods, hurricanes or blizzards.
53. In vain she struggled to regain control of herself, but it was too late.
54. Sweet is true love that is given in vain,[http://sentencedict.com] and sweet is death that takes away pain. Alfred Tennyson
55. And they can travel down to the job centre - in vain.
56. Jaq looked in vain through a lens for identification marks, badges, or names.
57. But that achievement would be in vain, unless they could reestablish communication with Earth.
58. He tries in vain to blag my laminate off me.
59. It took a great deal of courage to admit that all her efforts had been in vain.
60. Suddenly he felt an uneven tug, the string went slack, and he realized that his efforts had been in vain.
More similar words: invade, invasion, maintain, canvas, prevail, available, be available, availability, invent, invest, invoke, involve, in view of, investor, involved, inventory, invention, invitation, inveterate, investment, investigate, involvement, investigator, investigation, ain't, chain, faint, again, drain, regain.