Sentences with phrase «often in vain»

Auriti's plan was never carried out, of course, but the dream of universal, all - embracing knowledge crops up throughout history, as one that eccentrics like Auriti share with many other artists, writers, scientists, and prophets who have tried — often in vain — to fashion an image of the world that will capture its infinite variety and richness.»

Those just starting out frequently search, often in vain, for a clear - cut and rigid approach.

We question it, often in vain.

Other children struggle — often in vain — to understand what they are taught.

Such edicts, meant to protect children with potentially fatal allergies, have forced parents to search the supermarket aisles — often in vain — for snacks guaranteed not to contain nuts or even nut residue.

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Whoever does not use his judgment to the utmost to keep the necessary reserve with them, will exert it in vain later on when he endeavors to extricate himself from the labyrinth, a misfortune which most often ends only at death.»

844 In their religious behavior, however, men also display the limits and errors that disfigure the image of God in them: Very often, deceived by the Evil One, men have become vain in their reasonings, and have exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and served the creature rather than the CreatoIn their religious behavior, however, men also display the limits and errors that disfigure the image of God in them: Very often, deceived by the Evil One, men have become vain in their reasonings, and have exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and served the creature rather than the Creatoin them: Very often, deceived by the Evil One, men have become vain in their reasonings, and have exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and served the creature rather than the Creatoin their reasonings, and have exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and served the creature rather than the Creator.

For many sensitive people this is the most urgent question of all today, and they often look in vain to theology for some assistance.

But very often, deceived by the Evil One, men have become vain in their reasonings, have exchanged the truth of God for a lie and served the world rather than the Creator (cf Rom 1:21, 25).

He's good for slow mediocre teams that we dominate but pacey teams will crucify us, it's often embarrassing, watching him canter back like rhubarb & custard frantically chasing the opposition in vain.....

Meanwhile, Real Madrid have been plotting a move to lure arguably the best goalkeeper in the world to join their side, but it seems their attempts will be in vain in the next summer as De Gea has claimed often in the past that he is more than happy with life in Manchester.

Liberal Democrats constitutional affairs spokesman Simon Hughes also praised the proposals, saying: «Often lessons learnt from one tragedy can prevent another... These plans are a way of doing more to make sure loss and suffering are not in vain.»

We often will turn to stimulants like sugar and coffee in a vain effort to jump - start our mind.

I've tried to be adult, professional, and calm about the topic, often bringing it up early in a relationship — maybe even on a first date — but more in the vain of, «Just to clear the air about an often uncomfortable topic, I like sex just as much as any other red - blooded man.

Often people think that dating is a waste of time if they do not meet «Ms. Right» immediately, but it can be spent not in vain.

In life, it's rare to meet someone with no redeeming traits, but in the movies it's even rarer, because actors are often so vaiIn life, it's rare to meet someone with no redeeming traits, but in the movies it's even rarer, because actors are often so vaiin the movies it's even rarer, because actors are often so vain.

Often I found myself lost in a world of reading — Nietzsche, Camus, Sartre, Hesse, Genet, Proust, Northrop Frye, Marshall McLuhan, Harold Innis, Gregory Baum — where I tried in vain to dislodge myself from everyday life in the Toronto suburb of Willowdale, what was to me a Cimmerian land of gloom and despair.

Over the short - frequency ripples and bumps we so often encountered in the UK, the Vanquish's home market, you're bounced around the cabin like a pinball, while the springs try in vain to control the car's oscillating mass.

Love begets wisdom, thus it is, as often misconceived, more than vain layers of tenderness; it is inherently rational and comprehensive of the problem within the problem: for instance, envy is one of the most excused sins in the media of political correctness.

In short, you'll have a much better shot at a secure and comfortable retirement if you spend your time and energy creating a viable retirement income plan, rather than engaging in a vain search for investments that purport to offer an often - sought, but ultimately unattainable, combination of safety and high returnIn short, you'll have a much better shot at a secure and comfortable retirement if you spend your time and energy creating a viable retirement income plan, rather than engaging in a vain search for investments that purport to offer an often - sought, but ultimately unattainable, combination of safety and high returnin a vain search for investments that purport to offer an often - sought, but ultimately unattainable, combination of safety and high returns.

I've been trying in vain to have the least understanding of what Joe has been saying so often and so long.

Since NASA's name is so often taken in vain by the denialists, the following links make interesting reading.

We who shout it from the rooftops often scream in vain or our voices are lost in the wind tunnel of fake employment branding.

To avoid this dynamic we often find ourselves compromising or «going along to get along» in a vain attempt to «keep the peace».

How often do you search in vain for the perfect upholstered furniture with a specific fabric color and pattern, and just wished you could create your own?