Sentences with phrase «seem vain»

The available ARGO record to June 2013 is showing annual and interannual variability but it would seem vain to make much of it.

I didn't like the idea of my profession seeming vain, materialistic, or less «important» or impactful than other majors.

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It's always seemed a bit sad that trees died in vain to create books that sit in our Midtown offices, which is as close as I'll ever get to waxing environmental.

Not just a vain gesture to seem «religious.»

He seems to be narcissistic enough and vain enough and insecure enough to want all the adoration and all the worship of every person in the world.

So true, JohnQuest, but believing in a moral deity that allows you to oppress for gain while you measure others by a stricter standard seems elitist and vain, doesn't it?

He seems to be narcissistic enough and vain enough and insecure enough to want more adoration and worship.

It just saddens me that you seem to have gotten sidetracked in a vain quest to «change the world» thru planting «churches» that are not in fact churches --- at least not if you still accept the authority of the scriptures and it's definition of what constitutes the Body of Christ, both universally and locally.

He seems to be narcissistic enough and vain enough and insecure enough to want more adoration and more worship.

However, this effort to save Hartshorne's position seems in vain to Neville, for it terminates the explanation of the existence of reality in a transcendent individual who consists of or at least causes the illustration of the categories; for Neville, such an individual needs an explanation as much as any other instance of order, and the fact that no explanation can be found on Hartshorne's grounds simply shows again the futility of «rationalism» on this issue.

These incidents and those like them seem as pointless and vain to me, as they do to anyone else.

At first sight this seems to be no painful resignation, since everything from which the Enlightened One turns away is indeed empty, vain, and idle.

Seems like everything we planned for will be in vain if we cant win major silverware (pl, cl) soon.

about Arsene Wenger not signing his latest Arsenal contract extension and possibly standing down at the end of the season, but it seems like all the protests and newsprint has all been in vain.

Patterson has planned a new defense against Ingo's right and a new way through to Ingo's jaw, but it seems in vain

Despite that, it may seem all their efforts have now gone in vain, as there is some major news come in relating to his future, which will be liked by the fans of the two English giants.

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.

Seems so vain to me, but not really surprising since our culture seems to value breasts more as sexual objects than for their intended purSeems so vain to me, but not really surprising since our culture seems to value breasts more as sexual objects than for their intended purseems to value breasts more as sexual objects than for their intended purpose.

I know that if I shared them, I would seem boastful, vain.

Instead the party struggled in vain with what then seemed to be the real issue of the day, the relationship between the state and «austerity» — that was not in any way the central concern of Blue Labour thinkers.

The frustration from this summer has receded, and my labor no longer seems to be in vain.

«Thus it seems that outside of [genetically engineered mice or a cell culture dish or other animal models] that the search for the true role of the growth potential for IGF - 1 in adult muscle hypertrophy is a vain one.»

Megamind, the evil genius, always seems to lose to the spoiled, and vain, superhero Metroman, but one day it appears that Megamind has actually won.

Likewise, The Weinstein Company's third consecutive MPAA ratings appeal triumph — which managed to get the movie re-rated from R to PG - 13 without editing any content — seems as in vain as the studio's preceding mission to give the world a family - friendly PG - 13 The King's Speech.

The Last Photograph is filled to the brim with fantastic performances, but all of this seems to be in vain when the surrounding film is so empty.

It seems that it was once the opulent home of a fabulously wealthy, but vain and spoiled Prince (Dan Stevens, «A Walk Among the Tombstones») who was cursed with a beastly appearance because of those last two attributes.

The sad part is that the U.S. has been fighting countries that have not attacked us and which cost so many lives that Presidents seem unwilling to pull out lest they admit that the soldiers died in vain.

As if a sober and respectful adaptation of an earnest and leisurely nineteenth - century novel could still compete for eyes and ears in a twenty - first - century entertainment environment engineered to entice instead the sex - crazed, the violence junkies, and the attention - deficit - disordered — as if even the oil companies hadn't bailed on public television's Masterpiece Theatre because nobody seems to care anymore about character as destiny versus the British class system — here without apology are three more hours of Thomas Hardy moping about old Wessex, looking in vain for a laugh.

Toni Collette (The Hours, About a Boy) seems like she could steal some scenes with an over-the-top performance as a vain starlet, but even her character has nothing much to do but primp and act pouty.

In the late 18th century, in a far - flung corner of what seems to be Paraguay, the title character, an officer of the Spanish crown (Daniel Giménez Cacho) born in the Americas, waits in vain for a transfer to a more prestigious location.

The dieting efforts seem somewhat in vain, however, when you consider the battery and electric motors alone weigh - in at 230 kg.

But in most cases, in the end, all their effort seems in vain, as they end up frustrated and with a low grade.

I've tried in vain to find the law behind this, but I can't seem to figure it out.

If your dog can't stop scratching and your search for fleas seems to be in vain, you might need professional help.

Sometimes, it takes a period of trial and error to figure out exactly what is going on to make all your best efforts seem to be in vain.

Five minutes felt like five hundred and it seemed as though the call was to be in vain.

We were hoping that a better version of this cam - quality video might have gotten its way to the internets by now, but it would seem that our waiting has been in vain.

Yes, ultimately you know that your efforts are in vain because Sauron does return to Mordor but that doesn't seem to matter much since the story and game are so enjoyable.

It is as if technology is nothing more than a decorative two dimensional self - consciousness owned by no one, a vain attempt of painting to seem relevant in the age of the Internet.

Many low - income and minority communities have greatly suffered from these onerous regulations that seem to be made in vain.»

They also show off the person's accomplishments in a way that doesn't seem boastful or vain.

Something about the word «use» feels too simple, and in a vain attempt to make our work seem more significant, we use the word «utilize» instead.