Both Uses of
futile
in
Ferris Beach
- I sat there and listened, with the whole house smelling of chocolate and marsh-mallow, rain pelting the kitchen window to the beat of Buddy Holly, and Misty poring over the long lean girls on the cover of Seventeen, futilely conjuring ways for us to become more desirable than anyone else in the seventh grade.†
Chpt 3
- But Sally's wait was a futile one unless she could...
Chpt 11 *futile = effort that is pointless because it will be unproductive or unsuccessful
Definition:
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(futile) effort that is pointless because it is unproductive or unsuccessful