fruitlessly
- a word derived from fruitless.
Example Sentences
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While I fruitlessly tapped my L.A. street art connections, Valdez posted in Goodbye Pillarhenge Park: “Looking for the original artist to refurbish the bird.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
Each personal history is sketched with a revealing touch: Robbie, returned from war, had “loitered, not entirely fruitlessly, on the fringes of the London literary world, until coming to Honor via a family connection.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
I know that she spent years fruitlessly searching for her birth mother.
From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2024
The allies—some of whom are the ones tirelessly but fruitlessly negotiating the terms of a cease-fire—clearly want the war to stop.
From Slate ● May 13, 2024
He met with executives from Columbia Broadcasting System and Philco in the United States and flew to Holland to make a pitch, fruitlessly, to the Dutch technology conglomerate Philips.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
