Synonyms for in vain
in vain

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1. vainly, in vainadverb

   to no avail

   "he looked for her in vain"; "the city fathers tried vainly to find a solution"

   Synonyms:
   vainly

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1. George Orwell:

   All writers are vain, selfish and lazy, and at the very bottom of their motives lies a mystery. Writing a book is a long, exhausting struggle, like a long bout of some painful illness. One would never undertake such a thing if one were not driven by some demon whom one can neither resist nor understand.

2. Doris Fleeson:

   It is occasionally possible to charge hell with a bucket of water, but against stupidity the gods themselves struggle in vain.

3. Mark Milley:

   We prevented the United States of America from ever being attacked again. There's a lot of conflicted feelings out there, and I'm included in that. A lot of conflicted feelings with pain and anger, we all have it, every one of us that served there has that, i want everyone out there to know that the pain, the anger, the frustration, the conflicted feelings are real and I know that and I share them. I also want you to know it wasn't in vain, your service mattered and if you wore a uniform your service mattered.

4. Friedrich von Schiller:

   With stupidity the gods themselves struggle in vain.

5. Robert Southey:

   Affliction is not sent in vain, young man, from that good God, who chastens whom he loves.