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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"

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    vainly

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  1. Yuzuru Hanyu:

    Effort will lie but will never be in vain.

  2. Imam Gamal Fouda:

    To the families of the victims, your loved ones did not die in vain. Their blood has watered the seeds of hope.

  3. Demosthenes:

    All speech is vain and empty unless it be accompanied by action.

  4. Charlotte Bronte:

    It is in vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquillity they must have action and they will make it if they cannot find it.

  5. Omar Khayyám:

    Living Life Tomorrow's fate, though thou be wise, Thou canst not tell nor yet surmise; Pass, therefore, not today in vain, For it will never come again.


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