Sentences with phrase «futility when»

It's exhilarating when you manage it, but an exercise in futility when your team won't switch to snipers to combat fixed turrets, or to speedy, space - warping heroes to take down shield - wielding enemies.

Also problematic is that J.B.'s search — in the form of a nationwide contest — seemingly goes on forever, our lead wallowing in his own futility when his answer is, inevitably, just around the corner.

Im trusting in the power of a group to fight feelings of loneliness and futility when the going gets tough, and to take me further towards my goal this time.

Not exact matches

When humans increasingly prioritize reason, they can recognize the «futility of cycles of violence» and selfishness, and can «reframe violence as a problem to be solved rather than a contest to be won,» he wrote.

When trouble appears in one's own life which can not be mastered, a devastating sense of frustration and futility is far more common than among those who are less self - sufficient and more willing to depend on God.

Is it really likely that when the Romans heard Paul's words about creation being «subjected to futility» in 8:20 they «could well have thought about how imperial ambitions, military conflicts, and economic exploitation had led to the erosion of the natural environment throughout the Mediterranean world, leaving ruined cities, depleted fields, deforested mountains, and polluted streams as evidence of this universal human vanity»?

For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it, in hope (Romasn 8:20) I bet the universe groans very loudly «Nature, with its melancholy charm, resembles a bride who, at the very moment when she was fully attired for marriage, saw the bridegroom die.

For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it, in hope (Romasn 8:20) I bet very loudly «Nature, with its melancholy charm, resembles a bride who, at the very moment when she was fully attired for marriage, saw the bridegroom die.

Each of them, however, addresses the same problem: What should the individual do, and society permit, when the phenomenal advances in the medical profession's ability to sustain life reach the point where efforts to prolong it become, in Dr. Nuland's words, «well - meant exercises in futility» and cause continued suffering rather than relief and cure?

When money is as unequally available as it is in our society and talks as loudly as it does in our electoral process, it is also small wonder that many see political engagement as an exercise in futility.

To be sure, many in those days would have responded favorably to what they might have thought Paul meant when he described the creation as being «subjected to futility,» in «bondage to decay» and «groaning in travail.»

It is apparent that the theme of this story is the power of the Lord to withhold the rains and then to give them when the repentant people recognize the futility of faith in Baal.

That's what happens when you haven't won in 127 races, while your team, Richard Childress Racing, has gone winless in the past 112 races with neither showing much indication of snapping their streaks of futility.

The opportunity came along when West, sensing that «futility had crept into the franchise and losing had become acceptable,» called Brown at his home in Atlanta.

Those that want their team to win every game and as many trophies as possible to impress their mates down the pub and assume the bragging rights, probably never seen the inside of a football stadium, but whine and resort to conspiracy theories and abuse when their team isn't doing so well, rely on instant gratification to get by each day and imagine that they are on some self - righteous mission to cure all the non-believers whilst simultaneously sitting on their arses banging away on their keyboards, doing zilch to help their noble cause other than shout, and are totally oblivious to the energy they are wasting and the delusional futility of it all.

That's when her pursuers, bunched two shots back, began to realize the futility of their efforts.

We all love to mull over the «what if» scenarios when we review a match or a season and whilst it is ultimately an exercise in futility it can give clues to real improvements.

You will reach a point in your life when it is all an exercise in futility.

When retired politicians look backgloomily on forty years of thankless struggle over long - forgotten policies andan eternity of pounding pavements to engage constituents who can hardly bebothered to vote, they are often overcome with a sense of futility.

«It will be an exercise in futility for anybody to now want to wake up a dead horse through the July 8 Osun West Senatorial bye election when founding fathers of the party have not only deserted the party but wouldn't want associate with it.

The «calories in versus calories out» model fails to account for hormonal shifts during weight loss, the psychological consequences of deprivation, and the futility of willpower when it comes to eating.

These are indeed the fundamentals of fitness, but when we neglect the simple steps, all of our efforts can be made with futility.

My best friend freaked out when I wrote last week about the futility of fashion.

It bets the house on them, gambling on the possibility that an old - fashioned morality play asking Big Questions about faith, activism, and the futility of trying to save the world will pay off in a moment when even serious American cinema — i.e. films unconcerned with Skywalkers or Infinity Stones — comes at least partially steeped in irony.

When fighting is shown, it is shot with impressionistic closeness — and the final battle at the gates of Jerusalem is filmed from above with a «God's - eye view» that serves to emphasise the futility of so much death.

It's a fun gag when it hits at the film's open, but by the thirtieth time that Letts and Winger pull out their brick - y phones to smile at a screen we can't and will never see, it seems like little more than an exercise in futility.

For all that, there's a bass note of futility that runs beneath Heineman's documentary and it surfaces with a vengeance at the very end, when we learn that some of Mireles's Autodefensas are simultaneously engaged with the drug trade.

When we fail to right - size our reform efforts, we breed a sense of futility among teachers, parents and policymakers.

When Batman kayos The Riddler, then delivers a speech on the ultimate futility of crime, children are likely to remember the violence but forget the message.

«When one considers the ever - increasing cost and futility of chasing after agents and publishers today, AMC Premium is certainly a worthwhile investment at pennies a day for those who choose to self - publish.

It seized my attention from the first sentence, «When I found out the girl I was going to marry was murdered...» in a paragraph that continued on, setting a dark emotional tone of futility and despair as well as conveying an ambiguity about the relationship between the girl and the narrator.

If you already know the futility of market forecasting but feel that you simply must predict the market, I will reveal at this time how you can be as good as the best market gurus in predicting the market: When you get up each and every morning for the rest of your life, make this astonishing prediction: «The market will be up today.»

American Airlines surprised many today when it announced several customer - friendly changes to its frequent - flier program.The new «One - Way Flex Awards» will allow customers to book one - way tickets for half the amount of miles needed for a round - trip ticket, and will also let passengers book multi-city itineraries and combine award seats with non-award seats.Under the old paradigm, passengers could only book round - trips to and from the same city and were forced to fly in an award seat of equal value for both legs of the journey.This often made booking award travel an exercise in futility — for example, an award seat might be available only on an outbound journey, but not the return trip.But now passengers will be able to fly to New York in an award seat, and return in a premium - fare seat if a return award seat is not available.

But pluck the world of Minecraft from a video game and bring it into fiction, and all of a sudden, it has a depressive heart, of boredom and loneliness and the utter futility of great works when there's no one to appreciate them.

Unfortunately, when all of the issues stack up — the snail's pace gameplay, the graveyard - quiet servers, the small player base, the not - very - good server connections, the flat and lifeless sound design, and the futility of trying to play a squad - based game when most people just want to go for kills — it makes it kind of hard to recommend Verdun on Xbox One.

The images are accompanied by a simple statement that reads «if only they were this easy to reproduce,» which further highlights the futility of trying to replicate and recreate these animals that, when gone, will never be replaced.

When Mark Bradford built his ark, «Mithra» (2008), in the middle of New Orleans» devastated Lower Ninth Ward, I don't know if he envisioned it as a monument to futility or a symbolic cry for salvation but it reads as a little bit of both.

When your subject strives for the indescribable, the normal tools of narration and interview become glaringly imperfect; I sympathize with any journalist who feels a sense of futility in the face of a work of art whose emotive power might be ineffable.

Monckton is right and Abbott should jettison the direct action policy as the Coalition is fighting with their hands tied when they can not point out the futility of the 5 % target compared to China's huge increase in emissions without contradicting their own policy.

When there is wind and sun, expecting employment from a temporary project is an exercise in futility.

When the language of a statute is both vague and ambiguous, the attempt to discern legislative intent is an exercise in futility.

Leaving our big projects for the perfect moment is an exercise in futility and just means we will find ourselves in fire fighting mode — again — when the deadline approaches.

Dismissal with prejudice may be appropriate when it is clear from the face of the complaint that amendment would be futile, but the Seventh Circuit has emphasized that «[s] uch cases of clear futility at the outset of the case are rare» and denial of leave to amend at least once «will be reviewed rigorously on appeal.»

There are times when trying to get the perfect angle for your selfie and managing to hit the shutter button without ruining it is an effort in futility.

Reach is important, agrees Maggiacomo: «Tweeting something insightful when no one is listening is an exercise in futility.»