futilely in a sentence

Examples

1. Later, Masur futilely did back one of the finalists, Jansons.
2. Poor R . C . Slocum searched futilely for another big game.
3. People press away anyway, futilely, believing that insistence gets results.
4. Quarry futilely pleaded with the referee not to stop it.
5. Block-long lines sat futilely at empty gas pumps.
6. In 1957, neighborhood activists battered futilely against the doors of bureaucracy.
7. The State Department has tried futilely to force their withdrawal.
8. Pursued into the gallery, Don Jaime searches futilely for a weapon.
9. The friend tried futilely to contact Moore on her cellphone.
10. Now a columnist can futilely yearn to write a pop hit as well.