All 7 Uses of
futile
in
After the First Death
- I knew a phone call would be useless, a futile gesture.†
Part 3 *
- There's no guarantee," Kate said, knowing her objections were futile, her voice faltering now.†
Part 6
- She knew that it had been futile anyway to count on a five-year-old child for help.†
Part 8
- Futile and foolish.†
Part 8
- But it was all futile, would go for nothing without Miro.†
Part 8
- The fact that she was alive, had survived the futile attempt to escape without any retaliation by Artkin against her or the children, made her feel that she could withstand anything, heat or cold, hunger or thirst.†
Part 8
- Tried to say: Oh, no. But the words were strangled somewhere inside of her and the sound that came from her lips was a sound she had never heard before, as if she had suddenly found a new vocabulary, a new language, a language of despair and futility.†
Part 8
Definition:
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(futile) effort that is pointless because it is unproductive or unsuccessful