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But in nominating one as secretary of state and the other as defense secretary, President Obama hopes to bring to his administration two veterans with the same sensibility about the futilities of war.

From New York Times • Jan. 8, 2013

There's something about the way Wallinger composes apparent futilities with such systematic earnestness that is in itself convincing.

From The Guardian • Jun. 22, 2012

South China Sea Pishkun is a remarkable digital animation by Vietnamese artist Dinh Q Lê that tackles the grim futilities of warfare with an almost hallucinatory metaphorical force.

From The Guardian • Jan. 22, 2011

Ambassador to Poland, few Americans yet realized that Lane's mission was doomed to the futilities of diplomatic protests.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was as though already everything had been said, as perhaps in the silent temples of their being, everything, accusations, recriminations, all the futilities of speech had been uttered, impotently, a moment since.

From The Paliser case by Saltus, Edgar