Sentences with phrase «usually in vain»

I'm trying, usually in vain, to use Couchsurfing and Hospitalityclub but I've not yet been successful.

Take your profits when your targets get hit, don't change targets in an effort to try and get «just a little bit more» profit... These attempts to get a «little more profit» are usually in vain, and they usually lead to you letting a winning trade turn into a losing trade.

Heaven knows that I use too many big words, but that's because I'm striving (usually in vain) to say something quite precise.

Not exact matches

In vain did the followers of the historical study of Scripture argue that the Bible nowhere says that it has no mistakes in it or that the usually accepted authors of the books of the Bible actually were sucIn vain did the followers of the historical study of Scripture argue that the Bible nowhere says that it has no mistakes in it or that the usually accepted authors of the books of the Bible actually were sucin it or that the usually accepted authors of the books of the Bible actually were such.

He usually lunges in vain attempts to make tackles in the attacking third of the pitch only to leave himself woefully out of position for the inevitable counter from the opposition.

Get Out, on the other hand, reveals its dirty little secret a bit too broadly, and you wait in vain for the kind of larger, self - implicating comment that Peele usually serves up, masterfully.

I have taken its» name in vain on more than one occasion, usually about the time I've lost it yet again and I tear apart the couch trying to find that slippery silver sliver (say that three - times fast).

SORRENTO - Cat Protection Society volunteers usually are greeted by the heartbreaking meows of friendless cats left abandoned.But early Thursday the cat lovers were greeted with squeals of pain.A baby pot - bellied pig suffering from two broken hind legs had been dropped off at the society's gate, along with two kitty companions.The 38 - pounder, dubbed Rosie, was trying in vain to crawl to the volunteers, who quickly showed they are just as protective of porky pets.The injured pig was doctored up at the Mount Dora Veterinary Hospital.

The bargain hunters choose the other option in their usually vain attempt to cut a dollar here or there.