| 单词 | useless |
| 例句 | White said he thought it was a useless emotion, having felt guilty about his divorce from his first wife and learning nothing from that emotion. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Holly twisted in the troll’s grip, but it was useless. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z The old clock stared at me from the dresser like a worm-eaten stump, all useless and dead. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z The hollow bolted around the bend, using its muscular tongues like legs, its atrophied human limbs hanging useless. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z But that thought was useless because I knew the only thing to find around western Pennsylvania was a lump of coal. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She knew Jake would be useless helping her with her bilingual language skills. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z While I was learning to use my arms just fine, my legs were more or less useless and couldn’t kick. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Like most advice on style that is couched as a commandment rather than an explanation, the flat directive to avoid negations is almost useless. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z I try to mentally piece together this puzzle, but it’s useless. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z The useless assertion that she "tried"? What am I to do with this mess of tears and rouge at my feet? What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Finn stared at his own blank computer screen, the picture of the unknown computer programmers seeming to taunt him about everything he didn’t know, everything he was useless at helping the other kids find out. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z First, he rejected all existing knowledge as being unfit for making discoveries and useless for transforming the world. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z It was Jomo’s useless flowers, after all, that attracted the birds. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z It is also discouraging, because I recognize attempts at analysis are largely useless. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Looking for something that’s been thrown away as useless, but could still be dredged up and reclaimed. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z He rolled and rubbed and bit, but it was useless. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z He couldn’t stand empty-handed—useless—in such a storm of steel. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I’d start with the bank robbery Something like, “The gunman is useless.” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z However, I freely concede that they are completely useless in cold and wet. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z But even with a useless arm he made a good ally. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z I have a tote bag stuffed with books, which will, along with the hiking boots I have brought for weekends, turn out to be the most useless items in my inventory. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z With a useless sigh, she rubbed her face and settled back again on her lumpy cushions, letting her exhaustion wash over her and her eyes flutter shut. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I ask Kelton, hoping that his extensive knowledge of useless military factoids will come in handy. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Their own firearms were virtually useless, as they would probably do more damage to each other than the human. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Gathering his remaining strength, he looked at his hands and spoke his last words: “Useless, useless.” Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m sure people did question whether Italian printers were quite the right people to legislate on the meaning of everything; but on the other hand, resistance was obviously useless against ajamily that could invent italics. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z His rifle was ten yards above him, leaning against the rock up there, useless. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z A canopy of netting that, aside from discouraging birds, seems to be useless shelters the pyramid itself. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z But as for breaking the Ring, force is useless. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Somehow I had the vague feeling that all my mother’s prayers were useless, that no amount of prayer could stop the police from violating our lives at will. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z When we ran out to the car, the rain was coming down in sheets, and the wind was blowing so hard that umbrellas were useless. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z Nowadays there is money enough for buying useless and slightly ludicrous gifts for my mother and father. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Mexican ladies are always knitting doilies for everything—doilies for the TV, doilies for vases, doilies for useless knickknacks. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z —I bet he had his share of feeling useless. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But he did not do so, however, because he knew that it was useless. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z He would not suffer this helpless waiting, this sitting trapped on a little island muttering useless spells of lock and ward. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z If Tisias lost his first case, however, then Corax would waive his fee on the grounds that his instruction had been useless. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Therefore, there is very little room for the interplay of the Laws, and my one method of attack is virtually useless. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z He was a year or so older than Charles and growing like red birch, and to hear the mistress carry on, about as useless. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Even though I knew it was useless I tried tugging at the bars but they were the real McCoy, solid steel. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z “Don’t you kiss your wife, Chino? Dag,” Negra said, but I felt so useless and stupid that I didn’t want to disturb the universe or Blanca anymore. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z The sound of quick, useless breaths spurting through his nostrils filled the space, but the rustling grew even louder, and he realized now that it couldn’t be bats. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z I own a well-used library card and not much else, though it is true I live in a grand house full of expensive, useless objects. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z “Yeah, Google was pretty useless in that regard,” Maya said as she arranged her condiments in front of her. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z People who are not like you admit to being useless and inferior. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z “We know how to make the roof. The information is useless if we don’t understand the foundations on which it is to be placed.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Hope seemed pretty useless to me right now. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z For this useless sneaking life I threw away;my power, my money, and my friends. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z But it was useless to try to cogitate on this thing. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Your gifts are useless when it comes to metals and gemstones, Du Barry had told us. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The pain reminded her of how useless she was; reminded her that a child nestled now in a stranger’s body instead of in hers. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Several witnesses give their statements, but their information is so contradictory that it proves almost useless. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “Why do they burden me with a useless old grandpa?” Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Neither wanted to be the one to tell Abbey that her videotape was useless. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z She would have just accepted that people never listened to someone like her and thought she was useless, because she knew that making waves might cause things to get worse. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “I mean, it’s been such a hectic week, and the only person I’ve really seen is my dad, and he’s just—uh—useless,” I say. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z After three days of useless searching they returned to the village. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z And not a useless job at all, in her opinion. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z But the advice in my head is useless, because time slows down until everyone’s voices transform into something that sounds like underwater whale-singing. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Ivy looked up from where she was tearing leaves and gathering them into a little useless pile. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z It makes you feel good to be, for once, excluded from the ranks of the useless. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “Wouldn’t erasing their memories also erase all of their knowledge? Thus rendering them useless? ” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Lawrence was beating the bushes for money to build his new 100-volt, sixty-inch cyclotron, which by Bethe’s reckoning was ten times beyond useless. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z At least half of this land was so densely covered as to be useless. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Since they were new princes, it was useless and damaging for Pertinax and Alexander to wish to imitate Marcus, who was installed in the principality by right of birth. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z Nourishing a grievance against the Arch- Community-Songster was useless; there was no possibility of being revenged on the Chief Bottler or the Assistant Predestinator. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z It would be useless to randomly choose a direction. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Her admiral’s counsel had proved worse than useless. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Because Iorek was moving backward only to find clean dry footing and a firm rock to leap up from, and the useless left arm was really fresh and strong. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Any society goes through social movements or fads, in which economically useless things become valued or useful things devalued temporarily. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z No matter—it was useless to try to fathom the ways of that Accursed One. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z “Not useless. Anybody who knew would love you for facing it. But we can trust Arthur.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sadness and misery, blah blah blah. But you still don’t have enough power to hide two demigods with your Death Mist. Like I said: useless.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z As I pull my goggles down, I scan each shelf for something which could render the toxin useless. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z This man, as I said, having been named by the Syracusans commander of their armies, immediately realized that mercenary forces were useless, since their condottieri were men like our Italian condottieri. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z The burns changed her into a useless wife for the rest of her days. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z But I’m still hopeless, useless, and practically pointless. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z The paddle seemed more and more useless as a steering device. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I thrash, and their rough skin grates against mine, but I know it’s useless. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z “They have satellite uplinks. Once you’re a couple of miles offshore, a regular cell phone is useless.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I wanted to say more to him, but I knew that it would have been useless. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z With sudden discouragement, he realized his efforts were useless. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z My dad was a teacher; he was pliable and supportive and useless. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z They gave her parachute training too—an equally random and apparently useless skill. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z At his side, like a useless appendage, is his wife, twenty-seven years younger and equally poor, whose arms and legs are loaded with real and fake bracelets and rings left over from more prosperous days. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Sometimes it was a useless mile to the west or east. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z The shower’s shortage of water pressure and low showerhead made it all but useless for showering, but it worked great as a smoke screen. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z What I see I inspire with usefulness, I think, trying to suck in breath, and all that I do not see is useless, void. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z But my chest was on fire, and my lungs constricted, stretched tight and useless by the pain in my ribs. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z How else could they be rewarded for raising otherwise useless girls? A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Nobody had ever thought of street lamps and some of them said it was a useless notion. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z We'll be given a lot of useless plaques, and everyone will have to pretend they love us. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z For geeks, both politics and journalism represent—in Jesse’s words—“an insane and useless” system that has little bearing on their lives. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z "I hear that useless old fool slew two of Slynt's gold cloaks when they tried to seize him at the Mud Gate." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He had two useless legs and two useless arms. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The Fjerdan grunted as his arms went limp and useless at his sides. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He did not need anyone, but it was an excellent idea to have someone around to keep an eye on him, button his shirts when his hands were useless, and run his house. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z In that moment, I became aware of how I had put myself in this unimaginably dire situation—this man now had control of my body; even my own hands had become useless to me. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Without seats, the earth- moving machines were basically useless. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The refrigerator began its useless whir, and the light that Alex always left on in the living room began to shine. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Had all the training I had given them been useless? Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z They could kill the largest bobcat in the hills, and had on several occasions, but to me it was useless. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z On the near side of him lay, gleaming on the ground, his elven-blade, where it had fallen useless from his grasp. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z He spent the next half hour perusing useless information. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z “Why is everyone here so useless?” he says, then looks at you. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Nailer drew his fighting knife and fumbled his now- useless ammunition over to Reynolds. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z And when the power finally ran out for good, all his light bulbs would be useless. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Her Arabic teacher on the kindergarten floor hit a short stick on the back of a chair for rhythm, teaching the little ones another useless sentence. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z The first kind is most excellent, the second is excellent, and the third is useless. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z Of course he doesn’t—to him I am just another piece of useless vermin infesting his ship. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z It was arrogant and stupid and caused a lot of useless trouble. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She examined her hands, the useless, boneless things dangling off the ends of her wrists. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z It was a petty trick, and largely useless against a skilled sympathist, but my only hope was to rattle him in some way. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She would gladly have given her life to end my suffering —horrible, humpbacked, carp-toothed creature, eyes on fire with useless, mindless love. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Most of them were useless, but made people feel as if something was being done. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “Let me go away! My messages are useless now.” The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Knowing it would be useless to attempt to get back to sleep, I headed to the Fishery. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He could not do anything but wait and watch and listen—and try to forget how useless waiting was. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z Before I left, he handed me half a dozen purple mimeographed handouts, which we both knew were useless. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z I felt so mad at her then, but also so useless. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z “His name’s Scabbers and he’s useless, he hardly ever wakes up. Percy got an owl from my dad for being made a prefect, but they couldn’t aff — I mean, I got Scabbers instead.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z He tried for them in all directions, but his nose was useless, the fine scenting nerves numbed by ash and soot. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I feel sick to my stomach, useless, the remaining snow dripping from my glove into a puddle on the floor. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z But there was no time for useless distress. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z There’s just me and my ugly, useless stump. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Rather than angry, I just feel heavy, useless. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z I walk past the useless security barrier and stand at a distance, watching them. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z The Fjerdan flopped his useless arms, then released a low animal growl as Kaz made the pardon vanish in thin air. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z For all of her street smarts, siphoning gas is something she’s clearly never done, and for all of Kelton’s survival skills, he’s useless in this particular pinch. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z I knew when I saw him that it would be useless to ask anything while he was in that state. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z There is not a single book to read, but it doesn’t matter—we wouldn’t be able to waste the lamp’s kerosene on something as useless as a book. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z After supper Gilly did her homework, knowing it was useless, that Miss Harris would never see the neat figures, row on row, that proved that Gilly Hopkins had met and mastered the metric system. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z “It is useless—they will die, and you will die with them!” A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “You will be useless to me if you cannot read.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z “It’s useless,” Alec finally said when his hands slipped off the clasps for the third time. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z “You know. At first I believed that project was quite useless, as you are sometimes quite useless, Alaric, but now I realize it was actually clever,” Jonafren said, and he opened his eyes wide. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z “Because you have six children and a useless husband to look after. I want to help.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “Reply from Dr. Cable: A car will be sent for you, arriving in twenty minutes.” she mumbled, but realized that it would be useless to argue. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z If one broke, the whole chain was useless. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z His shield had been in shards, hanging useless from his arm, so when Serry’s longsword came flashing down he had reached up and caught it. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “He’s a useless guard dog, though,” says the one still finishing his pie, dunking it in the sauce on his plate. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z My profiteering shopkeepers will be useless for this task. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Later on he went to Pilar Ternera with the hope that the cards would see more than the diggers, but she began by explaining that any attempt would be useless unless Úrsula cut the cards. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z The compassion I appreciated, but the advice was worse than useless. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z On the podium, a plume of gray smoke rose out of the side of the broken, useless Stormbreaker. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Sudden Death can render a player of your choice frozen for the rest of the game, useless to his or her teammates. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “These girls that go to university follow men around until their bodies are useless. Nobody knows if she can have children. Do you know? Does anyone know?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “You know that’s a useless, almost a foolish gesture, a complete waste of energy and time?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z —I have Volumes of Data, said I, and you shall in a Stroke render them all useless. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Even freedom fighters, at least then, had to obey the laws, and at that point, imprisonment for violating my bans would have been useless to the ANC and to myself. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Even if something had been deemed useless, there was no good place to throw it, except perhaps down the wishing hole. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “All right,” Goober said, resigned, knowing it was useless to pursue the subject any further at the moment. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z When he’s close to me, Trey goes, “I guess phones are useless now, huh?” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z But after talking to her, I felt, you know, kinda useless. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Capricorn's words were working away feverishly in her mind: hair like spun gold...that useless reader Darius...No, it couldn't be true. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z “I don’t even know where to look. I feel so ... useless.” A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Oh, it’s a fine and useless enterprise, trying to fix destiny. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Ah, it’ll all blow over. Soon as you quit irrigating that useless field everybody will forget about it.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I feel like I just walked into a downpour, and all my clothes are heavy with water; like I am heavy and awkward and useless. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z It was useless to go on dramatizing her charms and talents for the benefit of these ridiculous knights—useless to go on hunting them with the tyrannous baits of what she thought was love. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z But he tormented himself like this over useless questions all the time. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a useless precaution because if he had wanted to, Aureliano could have escaped and even returned to the house without being seen. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z It was withering to useless skin and bones anyhow, which made it easier to let go. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Her eyes were useless; she might as well have been blind, she couldn’t even see where Elinor was. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Why was it useless to try to win any one’s favour? Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z “I expected better,” Cain said as Celaena crawled into a kneeling position, still clutching at her useless piece of wood. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z This time I didn’t hesitate, I stripped off the useless string and started to learn again. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Jasper Jr. was coughing so hard from the cigar that he was useless, so Bull threw him over his shoulder and ran through the smoke and sparks toward an open deck. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Her fish trap was useless without a narrow channel, and no birds ventured this far from shore. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The cart lies in the middle of the road, broken and useless. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Percy remembered what Luke Castellan had told him years ago, when Percy had come back from his very first quest: Didn’t you realize how useless it all is? The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z "Father must have been mad to send you. You're worse than useless." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “On something so useless? And we will have to feed it! There is barely enough rice for us as it is.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z “If I’m a compass, then I’m a pretty useless one,” I tell him. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The Blue Tents clearly felt no pity for those two thieves sitting in their chairs, staring at the floor—voiceless, useless, lifeless—like a pair of mannequins in a Dumpster. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She was glad her children were not useless. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Gaea opened the earth, and I was consumed, exiled here in the belly of my father Tartarus, where all the useless flotsam collects—all the bits of creation he does not care for.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z When he looked back and saw them he tried to run with the cart but it was useless and finally he stopped and stood behind the cart holding a butcher knife. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Because of Hale’s power, a federal prosecutor warned that it was “not only useless but positively dangerous” to try him in the state legal system. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Most people agreed as to how they was close to useless, but I still liked them anyway. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Bad enough that he was broken, with his useless legs. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z When I spoke about fighting Batista, he said it was useless, that the scoundrel is under the protection of Chango, god of fire and lightning. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He would have given both his useless legs for the chance to ride against either. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I wish I knew how to help, but I feel useless, as always. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z How utterly useless for not letting anyone know how worried I was. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z If I waited much longer, it would be wet and useless. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The obvious problem, which the seller didn’t bother to point out in the auction listing, was that these codes were useless unless you already had access to the company intranet. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Cutting out the lining and crown to lower their riding weight, most jockeys rendered the skullcap useless. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The philosophers’ main weapon was logic, but logical deduction seemed useless against Zeno’s argument. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “I can’t. But I must still use it, and do what I can to help good things come about. If I did nothing, I’d be worse than useless. I’d be guilty.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “Smart boys make useless men,” he says, twisting his gripping hand. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Then he felt his scalp prickle as he realized what Gebu meant, why he had suddenly ceased to worry—and why it was utterly useless to say a word to Rekh. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z "In my pack. They've been useless so far. They don't block the sun and they make it harder to see," I say with a shrug. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z But they had become as useless as the board, just heavy strips of steel dragging her toward the ground. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z I want to heave the stupid useless bible at stupid useless Clark Gable. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z He had known everything about Kira for so long: her smile, her voice, her merry optimism, the amazing strength and skill of her hands, and the burden of her useless leg. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z “You know who I mean. That useless cripple who’s been scarfing my food and taking up space on my train for weeks without doing a lick of work. How about him?” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The only societies that survived more or less intact were those in areas of northern and western Australia useless to Europeans. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He was useless the rest of the night. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z It was the most useless thing to take to a refugee camp, of course. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z The sleet had driven the game birds and animals into retirement, and he knew it was useless to hunt. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Holding a pistol in one hand, he wheeled his horse about in a useless circle. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z He was clinging to a tower miles high, and his fingers were slipping, nails scrabbling at the stone, his legs dragging him down, stupid useless dead legs. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Well,” he said slowly, “it must be a miracle, then, that such useless creatures grow up into something as great and reasonable as you, don't you think?” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z She had been unmasked as a CIA operative, thereby rendering her useless as an undercover agent in the Soviet Union. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Here the Company decided to stay and await the dawn: it was useless to attempt to move further by night. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z It was useless—the greasy stuff covered every inch of the stone; he couldn’t grip anything. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z “I’m useless. I haven’t got half as much as either of you.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z I kept thinking all these useless things and by the time I realized that the window to the fire escape was open, it was too late. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z But damaged people were useless; they were always taken to the Field. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I can tell he’s trying to make me look uneducated and useless, though I don’t really need his help. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Mostly, the vibe I got from my mom was that she thought I was a dramatic, sentimental sort of teenager whose interests were cute but useless. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z It was completely useless if you wanted to know the time, but otherwise very informative. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z And I do not think it useless to discuss them, since I would not know of any better precepts to give to a new prince than the example of his deeds. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z Not with them looking at us like that and thinking we were useless because we were so young. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z As a fishing net it was useless—too stiff and heavy and with a weave that wasn’t tight enough. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “I threw it away. It was tied in such a complicated manner that I couldn’t remove it quickly. An invisible must always be able to dis robe in an instant, or his power is useless!” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Lazlo stood rooted, experiencing the full meaning of useless as a wave of enemies hurtled toward them, moving with uncanny fluidity, flying at them as though launched. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z This begat a tradition of colorful but useless metaphoric descriptions that preoccupied physicians for centuries. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z “Only a human wouldn’t be. Your species is clogging up the world so fast. . . ah, never mind. It’s useless to lecture a human. At the rate things are going, I’ll never find Pan.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z I had so many questions it was useless to try to sort them into any coherent order. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “And anyway, I had to do something to make up for being so useless at the beach.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z He was a stubborn child; I knew it was useless to try to persuade him. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z If I didn't find the table-book soon, it would be a useless mass of pulp. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z "I am fed up with you useless bunch of midgets!" roared the Trunchbull. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z Usually she just looks like foulmouthed Ma, who swears at me and calls me useless. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z I suppose it was useless for me to expect her to forget my sour temper of the daytime with all sorts of amorous attentions in the evening. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “You are welcome to all my confidence that is worth having, Jane; but for God’s sake, don’t desire a useless burden! Don’t long for poison—don’t turn out a downright Eve on my hands!” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z They were grotesque, like useless young men in a depression. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z "What is this nonsense? Look at how rough this is! One tile is broken! This is even worse than the old tiles! How can you be happy with this useless work?" she asked the man. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The look on Frodo’s face was enough for him; he knew that words of his were useless. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z It flopped around, useless and asleep, until the blood began to fill it again. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I knew then that to struggle at the moment against the Count was useless. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z She would not argue with him; that was useless. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Brave Orchid thought that her niece was like her mother, the lovely, useless type. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m useless in the temple’s library, memorizing passage upon passage of boring scripture, but out here on these lawns, I come alive. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “Skills that will be useless for the one you don’t choose,” Citra pointed out. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z The big guy claimed to be clumsy and useless, but he always seemed to be in exactly the right place when Percy needed him. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I pointed out an even more useless light, a satellite. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z For this reason, they might judge that it is useless to lose much sweat over such matters, and let them be controlled by fate. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z The people referred to had certainly made me feel exasperated and useless, but I did not think of them as devils. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z The sight of his useless foot reminded him of everything he couldn’t do now. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Her fear was something useless that only hampered her. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Wang Lung stood there in his dooryard where year after year he had threshed his good harvests, and which had lain now for many months idle and useless. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z I commit it to memory; I feel dead, wasted, awful, broken, and useless. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z At least he knew now that it would be useless to leave Ch’ulp’o in search of another master. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z He crawled a little higher, dragging his useless legs behind him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Appalachian Trail maps are so monumentally useless that I had long since given up using them. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z But his arms were completely useless now, and his hands seemed no more than huge paws. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z He closed his eyes because clearly they were useless. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z But mostly the horses are just there, useless, parasitic, grazing in the overgrazed fields, because there have always been horses in Milagro. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Barely conscious of the fierce prickling of his scar, he too started to run around the cellar, feeling the walls for he hardly knew what, knowing in his heart that it was useless. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Ugly, irrelevant, useless, lazy, good-for-nothing, abrupt, flatulent, and petulant were some of the choice adjectives he’d selected for them. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z He finished wiping his eyes and tossed away the now useless mask. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z I was broken, dead-eyed, with my night bag still on my shoulder and the utterly useless folded map in my pocket. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z “So I guess your Death Mist is pretty useless, then,” she said. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z A rabbit, I concluded, is cute to look at, but is generally useless, especially as a companion to dogs. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z She felt both useless and irritated by the uselessness. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z My phone was the only thing I owned that had survived our disaster at sea, but it was useless here, an alien object. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z I felt useless and scared, furious at the same time knowing that I could do nothing to help her. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “It’s useless. When I tell her to back off, she swears I’m playing hard to get.” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z It’s useless now, when the guards could recall it and connect a servant girl’s disappearance to the household of the person who stole her. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z She could only think of how ignorant, how useless her fellow passengers had been. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z ‘Hazel’s magic is too good. If I have to fight, I’ll be useless.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Just to hang there like a boat, useless, absolutely still. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z They were words that belonged in a sunny classroom, as useless here on the East Side as her mother's fancy dresses. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z In matters of money, of which she had so litde, I knew it was useless. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Speculation was useless; he speeded up his pace. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z My vision is too blurry with tears and my hands too useless to fire a gun. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Bethe’s stark conclusion that “it seems useless to build cyclotrons of larger proportions than the existing ones” appeared at a delicate and potentially mortifying moment for the Rad Lab. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “Stop being a useless idiot for once,” Felix said through a clenched jaw. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z “And you gave him money for clothes and all those useless Italian books.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Nok was genuinely homesick, a useless thing to be in her situation. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z “I don’t get why they have it out for us. I mean, when they were trying to mind control themselves an army, sure, but now? Seems useless.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Now they’re back to feeling useless, back to the endless wait. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z And despite Ron’s frequent complaints that Scabbers was both boring and useless, he was sure Ron would be very miserable if Scabbers died. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Frustrated, he threw rocks into the water, knowing even as he did so that it was useless. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z Big Tony had told him, over and over, that he was useless, that he’d never be mean or tough enough to be a real guard dog. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “It’s you. But Ifem, seriously, Don is a good man o. Not like many of these useless Lagos men running around town.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Jello had been so cowed he was useless. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “I think your schemes will be useless, Mother.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “That’s the problem with the wasting disease. The whole forest was littered with carcasses that year, just rotting away. We couldn’t do anything with them. Their meat and hides were useless.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Obinze is not like some of these useless small boys with money. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Diego glanced at my jeans, and I fumbled with them but couldn’t button them because my wrist was swollen and useless. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z From the useless pole lamp in the living room it oozed out, meshing with the empty and wordless descent of itself from the fly-specked ceiling. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z And in the next second he felt that it was all foolish, useless, vain. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Like I was about as useless as a rubber crutch. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “Oh, boy...okay. You really think I’m powerless? You really think I’m useless? Gods of Olympus, your brain must have freezer burn. You don’t know my secret, do you?” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He thought of his own parents and their useless lives—his father collapsing into his nap every night after supper and his mother looking tired and dragged-out all the time. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Soon the road behind him was dotted with spectators following him to the useless gates holding nothing from a broken system, torn down by the words of a dreaming old lady. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z “No, Rudolph. Let me speak. It is useless to deny what this gentleman says. We had better sit down and talk the matter out.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z And of course, she had said this before the game—that and a hundred other useless things that had nothing to do with my winning. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “God, I never know how much to tell you people. If you don’t believe me, you’ll think I’m crazy. If you do believe me, you’ll panic and be worse than useless.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Only the head sways slowly, but the horns are useless now. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “Much of it is useless,” he’d said, idly waving a calligraphy brush through the air. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z I tried to hold those nearest to me back, but it was useless. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z She’s gone, and crying feels so useless, so stupid, but it’s all I can do. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z I've been useless for a week, driven around for appearances and meetings, lucky if I’ve made a single meaningful contribution to any of them. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z If this lady was a goddess, she must’ve been the goddess of smelly, heavy, useless hippies. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z But his cries were lost in the piercing screech of the fire alarm, and he knew it was useless. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Now I’ve pulled that ace out of the hole, taken a good look, and found that it’s useless to me, devalued over time. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “And other than that, the boy prince is useless to us. Too young, too weak. If not for Dain, then let’s kill him for all of Faerie.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z His mind, suddenly impossibly old, floated out of his body and hovered high above him in the air, from where it jabbered useless warnings. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z After more shouting of advice and orders and useless comments, the town escorted the carcass off. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z It came with never having had much, she knew, the inability to let go of things, even things that were useless. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “Pard’n me, sir,” Carlyle says, “but maybe the bird is right. A keelhauling will leave him useless, if not dead. And the cannon needs a good cleaning if we’re to battle the beasts ahead.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z And then he fell, the wings stripped away until he was just a boy in a climbing harness and a white tunic, his arms extended in a useless attempt to glide. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “So my treachery to the Old Ones will be useless?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “By then most antibiotics were useless,” she says. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z They would find some patch of arid, dusty, useless land, and dig row after row of holes in the ground—a thousand latrines to serve four thousand families. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z At the end of the day he returned to the fields again, collecting rice even after darkness had rendered his eyes useless. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z If the Reich doctors decided that the patient’s life was “useless,” they prescribed euthanasia by drawing a red cross by the patient’s name. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z “I didn’t let them grow up. I taught them useless things like ancient military strategy. They didn’t even know how to go to the store and buy rice!” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z And more than that—being teased made me feel somehow weak, useless. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z He’s abandoned the useless spectacles he wore as a member of Erudite in favor of an Abnegation gray shirt and their trademark short haircut. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z One thing Dauntless knows that Candor does not is how to fight even when fighting seems useless. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z With her aching, almost useless arm, she wiped the blood from her mouth. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z But a Congolese life is like the useless Congolese bill, which you can pile by the fistful or the bucketful into a merchant’s hand, and still not purchase a single banana. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s useless to us now but I put it back carefully inside the front cover of the book. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z With testimony distinguished from authority, what was previously authority became, in Glanvill’s words, simply ‘old and useless luggage’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z We all knew that the time when she could speak was passing; but we felt that it was useless to say anything. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z To Adam who was an instrument, who saw not the future farms but only the torn bellies of fine humans, it was revolting and useless. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The knife felt small and useless in his palm, a toy. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z It destroyed all the wheat my family had planted that year and made the land useless for years to come. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a useless precaution because the only people who lived in the house scarcely paid any attention to her. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z All her life, Piper had been looked down upon, told she was useless. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z As we go to drop off our trays, he says, “You know, you better put Buttercup on your list of demands, too. I don’t think the concept of useless pets is well known here.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “They were useless, could not keep a single thing in order. I retained only the cooks. Haven’t had a dinner in quite some time, but at least they know what they’re doing.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “For when the soldiers came, they rounded up all the men of the village. When they saw Sifen like this, they said he would be useless and left him.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z But the Story Box was drained and useless, and there were only two ways to refill it. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “But of course I will look at them, though I assure you they are useless.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Small and slight and who knew how old, Crane-man still moved his upper body with the ease of a young man; many were the times that Tree-ear forgot completely about the useless leg. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z But when a fire became too big, and the fire engines from the next neighborhood had to be called in, they were useless because they could not connect their hoses to your hydrants. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z Piper lowered her dagger, which seemed even more useless than usual. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z But Fifth Harbor had been useless and all but abandoned by the city when Kaz had taken it over. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The land was useless for agriculture but had four plausible seaports and huge underground deposits of prehistoric guano, which Chilean companies mined and shipped to Europe for fertilizer. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The hole below was filled with a sludge of soiled water and worse, all the useless and unclean bits discarded during the slaughtering process. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “Nothing we learn is useless,” he told her. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z I fell against my lard can chair, a frozen, useless lump, while this eight-year-old boy bustled around my shack. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Now the dog, lively and in good health despite a tail as crooked and useless as Kira’s leg, stayed constantly at Matt’s side. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Do you want to always be an ignorant, useless savage, Begay?” Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z They simply did not tolerate any useless or shoddy stuff. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z No one imagined how much he wept in secret and the desperation with which he tried to revive Melquíades with the useless study of his papers. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Money to install water pipes, or to repair the electric wires that had gone down in the storm and hung like limp, useless, dried-up worms. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z We stop at our lockers so we can cram the useless posters in. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z Malachy says it’s useless saying prayers for a dog, how do you know he was even a Catholic? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Speculating about which fears I will have to face, and how many there will be, is useless at this point. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z I want to ask them to share some with me, but I know it is useless for then they will have to admit their crime. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Why had he been given this useless ability to absorb the meaning of words, sentences, stories, books? Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z To keep him from being useless, she taught him the survival skills Nin had taught her: how to spot signs of prey in the undergrowth, how to stalk game, how to shoot. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z After the remains of my self-portrait, I toss in the useless DIY-clover. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z My legs are as useless as two sausages. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z It was just in time—another step and Reynie might have collapsed into a useless heap. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z The bird rose into the air, laughing at the useless weapons of the people below, but the arrow followed him upwards and pierced the center of his heart. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z Or at least communicate that this wasn’t her job and that he wasn’t such a useless idiot he couldn’t chop some potatoes like a normal person. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z I know it’s silly and useless—epically useless in my current state—but I am an animal like any other. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z ‘Ted’s useless at stuff like that. You’ll end up with a paving stone and half a trainer.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Aureliano Segundo tried to take advantage of her delirium to get her to tell him where the gold was buried, but his entreaties were useless once more. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z They abandon the site forever and leave that useless bauble to their foe. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z She didn’t want to call Pet useless, not directly, but the word was hidden under her words, and Pet picked it up. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z But other than that the animal just paced around in the corral back there, sort of like an appendix, and just as useless, too. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He might change their plan, and then everything I’ve already discovered will be useless. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Besides, it’s of such poor quality that it’s practically useless. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z It was even more useless and boring than being a messenger. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z And so, in every respect, this form of protection is as useless as the other kind, colonization, is useful. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z Telling Beans not to trespass would be as useless as telling Nipper not to peck. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z Mechtild would have to be trusted, for it would be useless to try and conceal anything from her. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I need to get a whole assload more soil into the Hab, even if it is dry and useless right now. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Even though I myself have discarded any kind of softness as useless, I find myself thinking that something important is lost if this man has been forced to deny his own nature. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z “That implies a detached attitude. I think my attitude is more selfish. I have learned to save myself useless emotion.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z Now I think it’s one of the most useless questions an adult can ask a child—What do you want to be when you grow up? Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “Except you woke me, you useless—” I hang up but smile. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z She’d said it over and over when she wept over the wreck of her useless cake mixes. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z In the face of his hope, words seemed useless. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z But they were drained and, for a good while, useless as troops. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “No, but her arm broke and didn’t heal right. It withered and hung useless, so Madam sold her.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z It was useless to withhold information; besides, for once, I didn’t care. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’d offer to help with dinner,” Uncle Phil says,“but I only know how to grill burgers. I’m useless at cooking anything else.” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Such a bewildering excess of things we had for one single family, and how useless it all seemed now. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The girl knew it was useless to argue. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Small brown buttons that appear to be as useless to them as most men’s. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z So for a time the inn resounded with the rumble of the thunder, the cries of the laboring mother, and the useless clucking of the woman’s husband. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z By all accounts those storytellers, born Black and male before the turn of the twentieth century, should have been ground into useless dust. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z It would have been useless in any case to try and win over the honest Radagast to treachery. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Johnny had a hankering after immortality which made him a useless dreamer. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “One useless six-pack of water,” Alex said, “a half dozen cans of mixed vegetables, two cans of tuna, and a box of Wheaties. What else do you have in real food?” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z More than the dilapidation, it was this connection, this lost memory of the temple’s grander relation, which gave the useless little building its sorry air. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z As useless as I knew it would be, as weak as my knees already were, panic took over and I bolted for the emergency door. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Worry and regret are both useless weights that provide no drag. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z I knew that it was useless for him to do that. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He glanced at the useless fake camera hanging against his chest. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The sewer tank wasn’t just empty, it was wrecked and useless—a phony prop in Dusty Muleman’s scam. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z I curl beneath the table until the mechanic comes back and tells me nicely that I’m useless but he won’t tell, and I should go home. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Space is full of dangerous cosmic rays that in the absence of magnetic protection would tear through our bodies, leaving much of our DNA in useless tatters. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z It was agony keeping her arms outstretched and her fingers spread when it was all so useless. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z I removed my now useless mask, planted my ice ax into the mountain’s frozen hide, and hunkered on the ridge. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z She was clenching her teeth; she already knew it was useless to complain. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The side window was shattered, and a second point broke the rubber of the useless tire. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z A sort of intellectual warmth, the joy of the pedant who has found out some useless fact, shone through the dirt and scrubby hair. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z I put the car in gear and turn on the useless fan. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “Even if it were an absurd rumor, 40 miles wide of the truth, it would be useless to attempt to alter ‘the verdict of history.’ The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z I know he despises being useless, sitting still while war overtakes us. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Writing or not, it’s useless,” he said, waving my hand away. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z He’d now seen the Shetani twice and lived to tell the tale; both times, he had been completely useless when it came time to face it. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z It might be completely useless—I’m not sure how well they knew each other—but I don’t know what else to do. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Silas, who had no problems with mirrors, had covered one of them with his coat, rendering the trap useless. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Instead of slowing it down with useless detail as she had done in the beginning, she speeded up the work. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z They fell to the floor like useless ropes. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z Some pair they made: Attila the Hun and Gracie the useless. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z He was useless in a fight, which meant that everyone liked fighting him the most. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z When further groping seemed useless to them, back to the ship they went and out to sea again. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s also pure salt and so completely useless to me. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The quick version of this story is useless. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z But really what he was planning all along was to let her study for five whole years only to render that degree useless in the end. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Do you take care of others or take care of your “inner child”? Return to traditional values or reject tradition as useless? Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Impossible to shut it out, useless to try...the fragrant smell was everywhere. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Stannis had left a dozen of his men behind to serve her when he marched south, but most of them were useless. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I wince, useless fury coiling in my belly. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “You know how I am. I like to collect useless information and parrot it back at people. Besides, I don’t have $150 to throw away. Luckily for us, we’re guests tonight.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I must inform you, any trace of King George III blood I have would curdle in my very veins and render me useless to you. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Besides, stories kept the little girl from asking for Aunt Chipo, who proved useless even after she recovered. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “You might have to come to believe that it’s a useless one, in order to practice it.” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Eisenhowers brochure put forth a vague, practically useless timetable for when the United States might be expected to achieve a variety of objectives in space: “Early,” “Later,” “Still Later,” “And Much Later Still.” Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z In the meantime the helicopter was useless, and so Mel Willard was holding off until later. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z But the only fishing gear the Pilgrims brought was useless in New England. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z They aren’t cola experts, and to force them to be—to ask too much of them—is to render their reactions useless. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z “These trees aren’t useless. They protect the underbrush from sunlight, which keeps the soil from eroding.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z His books were fast turning into useless pulp. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z In fact, in the grand scheme of things, everyone was equally useless. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z I was weary of feeling foolish and helpless and useless. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Poetry aims for an economy of truth—loose and useless words must be discarded, and I found that these loose and useless words were not separate from loose and useless thoughts. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “I can’t see the point in learning to solve useless problems, or subtracting turnips from turnips, or knowing where Ethiopia is or how to spell February.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z The soles of my shoes are worn through and growing useless in wet weather. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z He felt it would be useless to discuss the past and that Alba and Miguel were too young to understand the sense of irreparable loss he was feeling at that moment. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Even my best mate, Marvin, knows it, and he’s more useless than the gunman. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z “I hate when it’s my turn for Homesteaders. It’s so useless.” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z For some reason I want him to feel vulnerable, laid open, though I know it will be completely useless. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Colonel Gerineldo Márquez, who fought for defeat with as much conviction and loyalty as he had previously fought for victory, reproached him for his useless temerity. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z The hands on her kitchen clock were just as useless to her as her own two hands. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z And yet, she reminded herself, Agatha Swanburne would not waste a moment worrying about things that couldn’t be helped, or events that hadn’t happened yet, or subjects that were otherwise useless to dwell upon. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z In other news, the Weed continues to send useless updates of his trials in the kingdom of the goblins. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z His left arm was completely useless, so—thwip—it was tossed aside. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z He propped the rifle on the dead and useless arm that had been so full of life a minute ago, and sighted with stolid concentration: one shot...two...three, and each found its man. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z But by midnight he fought and this time he knew the fight was useless. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Or she stays in the sitting room, knitting away at her endless Angel scarves, turning out more and more yards of intricate and useless wool people: her form of procreation, it must be. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z The mud-smeared boat, leaky and useless, was still tied to a tree. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z We had a lot of nineteenth-century stuff by Thomas Hardy and people like that, which was more or less useless. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s actually hard to tell if he would have preferred the gunman to get away simply to prove his car isn’t so useless. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z They drew their swords, though their swords were useless, and when Rasalas leapt down from its perch, they scattered, all but Eril-Fane, who was stricken by a terror closer to Lazlo’s own. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “And I feel so helpless and useless. I want to do something.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z We are put to labor more useless than the work of beasts. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z She didn’t know what Sissy had in mind but she did know it was useless to argue with her. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z How could elderly people now be considered “unfit” and “useless eaters” simply because they had grown old? Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z "Serve you right if something did get you, you useless lot of cry-babies! But there is no animal." Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z The peephole had been useless for a good forty years. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He’s useless until I shut the light off. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “You got a bull man here? Try to make her do something. She’s useless, stupid.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The cold troubled her even more than the sounds; even Theodora’s warm robe was useless against the icy little curls of fingers on her back. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z I had picked up what I thought was a useless net, but did I think of reaping from this banana manna? Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z If you waited long enough, a useless thing would become useful again. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I think I knew that his anger was aimed at my mother’s family, and I also think he knew that his anger was useless. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z Okay was the most useless word on the planet. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Claudio squashed up the hat and stuffed it into the pack and, with Eliu’s help, lashed the pack and the useless rifle to the back of his saddle. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I had learned that denial of accusations was useless. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He can tell that she feels useless, a bit excluded in this house full of Bengalis. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The argument went on about whether Myanda was a witch or merely unlucky, and Tendai realized it was useless to expect help from the boys. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “Then again,” he made a gesture as if to show how useless words were. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I stood to her left, draped the useless arm over my neck, and held her body tight to mine. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Dillehay told Haynes his experience with stone tools in Arizona was useless in evaluating wooden implements in Peru, and then stomped outside with a supporter. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The second net fell useless to the ground, and then Will leapt at Iorek, feeling with his left hand, cutting with his right. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z I closed my eyes and started to pray, silently at first and then with more courage and conviction, but my prayers were useless against her. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z My mother had told her, “Who wants those useless things? They just want money.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I'm thrown backward to the ground, body useless, paralyzed, eyes frozen wide, as feathery bits of matter rain down on me. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The agent spent a few weeks in Osage County before concluding that “any continued investigation is useless.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z He shook his head, as if finding words useless, and murmured: ‘I love him. He’s like that, and sometimes it shines through, somehow. But I love him, whether or no.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Her hoverboard was useless there, but the hiking was easy in the new shoes the rangers had given her, her own so burned that they had fallen apart in the helicopter. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Captain John Palliser, traveling through the same lands as Fidler six decades later, lamented the Indians’ “disastrous habit of setting the prairie on fire for the most trivial and worse than useless reasons.” 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “If you don’t sit your stinkin’, useless butt back down in that shopping cart, I swear I’ll bust your greasy face in!” she screamed at the three-year-old in front of her. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “And he was a bit useless. You never know, Mum and Dad might get me an owl now.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z “The idea that you could help—” “I don’t know where you get this delusion that I’m useless, but that’s what it is,” I snap. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z It doesn’t work, but he smiles nonetheless, clearly proud of his ability to spout useless information. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z The pouch was now too full of broken and useless objects to take any more. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “So this is what you have been doing since you came here, you useless man? You came here to steal from me?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z All I could do was stand next to ’em with my hands hanging down, big useless sacks-o’-nothing at my sides. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “It means there’s secret knowledge embedded in the Tales'.” “Not so useless now, are they?” said Olive. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z And he didn’t have to worry about scholarships or stupid school counselors or just plain feelin’ useless. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, we cannot hide it. Sooner or later Arawn would find it, and all our efforts would have been useless. Dallben will know,” he went on. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z There was a lot more she would like to have said but she knew it was useless. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z “We don’t have time for this. We have to make sure Zeke and his mother and Christina’s family are all inoculated before the memory serum is released, or they’ll be useless.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z "It seemed useless to deny it," Powers recalled. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Down the lane she could see how the butcher threw a container of water over the stone doorstep of his hut, a useless gesture toward cleaning away the clotted filth. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Then they wouldn’t have to worry about another body, my useless body, to fill with water and food anymore. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z It was useless to turn and fight; this was no stupid bear who could be intimidated, but a creature as remorseless and cunning as the cat himself could be, to other smaller animals. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Random for most practical purposes, they are actually generated by a deterministic formula which imposes sufficient order on the numbers as to render them useless for some applications. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z A wave of heat, of useless rage, rushed over him, for himself, for his brother. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z So many of his arms were flailing that it was useless to cut any one of them. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z They merely stared, with their useless weapons drawn, their shoulders hunched against my laughter. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z In 1881, many traditional doctors considered homeopaths to be quacks employing useless and sometimes dangerous medicines. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z They were useless since they couldn’t lay eggs. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z We have to tell Mam there’s no sign of him and she tells us we’re pure useless. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z It was quite useless to think of hiding it, but he could at least make sure whether or not its existence had been discovered. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z She kept rearranging the serving dishes as though just about to offer seconds, but since the four plates were still piled high, the gesture was useless. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z He had little shame over mooching off his uncle and even less about his useless college degree. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z To the hobbits as they looked out it seemed that all their journey north had been useless. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z His arms were taut and muscled, but useless; it was clear that the huge waves were going to be the ruin of him. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “Pity sugar makes it useless,” he added, taking a sip and shuddering. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z But she knew it was useless, like a poodle puppy yipping at a full-grown rottweiler. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z When they move away, and nearly all Americans move away, or want to, they do not leave unused and therefore useless rooms. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z If we broke the cells or rendered them useless, the Hab wouldn't be able to make power, and the mission would end. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Now he suddenly realized that Cedric was in fact a useless pretty boy who didn’t have enough brains to fill an eggcup. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Her words fell in between the sheets of rain like downed planes: defeated, useless. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z But it was useless, only a few facial expressions told me I had gotten through. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Matt looked at his friend with troubled eyes; any words that he could think of seemed useless, worse than silence. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z I lit the rest of the candles on the table as if preparing for a feast, then searched through the papers, throwing those that were useless to me to the floor. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z She felt useless; her limbs would not obey her. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The cleaning woman, always in a hurry, simply flung anything that was momentarily useless into Gregor's room. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z “Now it all seems so worthless and useless.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z In my lunch group, we dissected whatever had gone on that morning at school, any beefs we had with teachers, any assignments that struck us as useless. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z For a few seconds he was dazed, and then he came to his senses, with his left arm numb and useless. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He soon realized that his remedies were useless and that his very presence induced a state of terror in the child. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I banged the knocker, sure it was useless. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Herbert’s representations that, if I did, I should probably be laid up and stricken useless, when our fugitive’s safety would depend upon me, alone restrained my impatience. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Mason obeyed, because it was evidently useless to resist. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z I think only about two tears came out before I got hold of myself and stopped feeling so stupid and useless. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “My bow is useless too. He’s got a huge advantage, being above us like that. I couldn’t reach him.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z And in this past day, Christmas Eve, while the clock made two complete rotations of its own, I watched over three tiny creatures whose lungs struggled like the flat, useless wings of butterflies prematurely emerged. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z It was useless to argue, and Lyddie gave up, hoping that the mood would pass, like her mother’s times of craziness always had. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z The many wild species not represented among the 157 selected are ones that would have been useless or harmful to people, including all of the most toxic weed species in the environment. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z It took another hour to empty it completely, throw away the useless items, and sort the remainder in piles according to whether or not he would need them from now on. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z But something had gone wrong, and Lázaro had never been the same again, rendered useless when Wick tore his power of telling stories from him. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z “You’re so fortunate to be in Damask,” the wireless girl shouted at me as we clattered through the dark—no lights, not even those useless slitty blackout headlamps. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z The intensive press coverage of his mission and his arrival in Toronto had generated thousands of tips, all useless. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Since his school required it, he had managed to develop an athletic build in gym, but he viewed sports as a dull and useless pastime. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She was like something that was thrown aside after she became useless to someone cruel. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z "And beyond a doubt the most useless," lyrion Lannister had added with a grin, but even the Imp grew silent as they rode closer. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z His hand scrabbled for the door—but, of course, that was useless. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Underneath the scattered sheets, the certificate lies tossed aside like a useless piece of mail. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z But while that, of course, proved useless, I did see a man appear on the second-level balcony, the one underneath which stone lions’ heads protruded. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Most of us, under pressure, get too aroused, and past a certain point, our bodies begin shutting down so many sources of information that we start to become useless. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Leo had heard of a fifth wheel—an extra, useless piece of equipment. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z His. hands stayed on his knees, numbed and useless. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z It is useless for me to describe to you how terrible Violet, Klaus, and even Sunny felt in the time that followed. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z I try to struggle, but I’m so weak from dehydration now, it’s useless. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “He says he doesn’t have money to waste paying for you to get what he calls a useless white man’s education,” my mother replied. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The Doorman keeps eating—a beautiful individual but a useless guard dog. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z I don’t think he’s afraid to; he just knows that objecting is useless. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z He was intent on proving that the word “dying” was not synonymous with “useless.” Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z What kind of useless boy was he, coming back so late the day before and leaving the cart without a word? A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z His arms and legs lashed out, but his claws were as useless as knots of thread. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z As far as they were concerned, clocks were merely delightful but useless luxury objects—rather like musical boxes. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z When I heard her words, I realized how useless was all that I'd heard about Poles, how much richness it hid, like the worthless shell around an almond. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Ghost had led the party here; the pack of hounds had been useless. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Siddhartha had been in the forest a long time when the thought occurred to him that his search was useless. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z Further flight was useless, for his father had decided to bombard him. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z He wielded his useless arm like a club, flexing his powerful shoulder muscles to hurl it against the ground while he barked. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z “I thought toads were extinct,” she said as she turned it over, curious about its legs; they seemed almost useless. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z It was useless to think of asking Dad. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z There is no room for this useless girl. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z After half an hour of useless guessing, the children had come no closer to an answer, and Constance abandoned her silence in order to mock their efforts. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Jack probably knew that the registers I’d been sending were useless. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z They are pixels, of course—but the man still falls backward, his left hand now cut off from the rest of the space, useless. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z This made her scream even louder, but her screams proved useless, as she still was unable to gain the attention of a single child. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “Nonsense. I’m useless at telling lies, as you know.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z The toy was drifting farther and farther from the boat, like a useless twig in the current. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Even if a valid “law” were to be found—and none has yet been discovered—it would probably be so elementary as to prove useless in the face of art’s complexity. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “What do we generally do with useless things, Basta?” asked Capricorn quietly. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z “Their conduct has been such,” replied Elizabeth, “as neither you, nor I, nor anybody can ever forget. It is useless to talk of it.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z Becca held the paper up and read, "'A constellation that exists only on paper is useless.'" Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z She resorted to all kinds of useless tricks so that Patricia Brown would go get the car with her. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z I’m weaving in and out, screaming his name, but in a whisper, which is as useless as it sounds. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z ‘It is useless to sit here until the snow goes over our heads. We must do something to save ourselves.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The darkness, save for the useless oblong of stars, was blanket-thick. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z In the eyes of the Nazi government, these people were “useless eaters” and a burden to the taxpayer. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z His legs had been useless for three years, but there was still some strength in his hands and shoulders. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I’m useless, and there she is with those big Help Me eyes, so alarming in a woman like my mother, all polish and smooth edges, never a hair out of place, not even now. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Mother tried to move toward the corner of the car but it was useless. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z In the event of a mishap they would have been quite useless. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z It just goes to show how useless you are.You’d be better off digging fields and anyway I don’t care. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z We pretended with our heads thrown back, our arms limp and useless, dangling like the dead. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z If we go to the heart of the matter, they’re useless even for running errands. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The car moves on and so do the cops, and the useless gunman is left holding the bag of money. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Even my left leg, which isn’t broken, looks so useless I don’t try to move it. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z The scenery was altered in only one regard: the long summer of drought had dramatically lowered the level of the lake, exposing brown earthen banks and leaving the floating dock high, dry, and useless. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z It was useless shutting the bedroom door, or any other door of the house for that matter, for the cat could open them all, latches or doorknobs. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Not a thing. I am completely and utterly useless.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “Okay, that’s a little cooler, but still useless in a fight against a demon.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I usually got a ride to school with my best friend, Ben Starling, but Ben had gone to school on time, making him useless to me. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z His efforts to systematize his premonitions were useless. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z On the day of Christmas Eve, I supervised the distribution of little holiday “gift boxes” containing useless toiletries and a few snacks, compliments of a charity. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The Communists gave axes to the old ladies and said, “Go and kill yourself. You’re useless.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Leo guessed a GPS would have been useless too. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z A tug and several small motorboats headed out toward the Tern, but it was useless. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z But it was not dragging a useless leg. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z But he himself had made the invocation useless, a ruined totem of a lost golden age. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Percy glanced up at Bacchus, deciding what final curse he would hurl at the useless wine god, when he saw a shape in the sky above the Colosseum—a large dark oval descending rapidly. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z A brigantine was moored off the island’s opposite shore, its sails hanging limp and useless. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He could smell witches by their evil thoughts, and it was useless to lie to him. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Bran clasped them as he sat, his useless legs dangling. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Or again, if you want a stronger version of ‘good,’ what sense is there in having a whole string of vague useless words like ‘excellent’ and ‘splendid’ and all the rest of them? 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z He was useless even for a scavenger action. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead I give her something paltry and useless: a verb to conjugate. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z ‘Needless is Théoden’s demand, but it is useless to refuse. A king will have his way in his own hall, be it folly or wisdom.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Dragging the useless leg, she took a thick earthen bowl from a shelf and went to the fire, where a large pot simmered and smelled of herbs and vegetables. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z To be so huge and trapped by such tiny, useless creatures. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z “Yes,” the king said, “but he, himself, was never able to read it, so it remained useless to him just as the Old Man of the Moon had said it would be.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z “Let me serve you,” and under her breath, “Men are so useless.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z “For people who want to survive,” I tell them both, “you made some pretty useless life choices.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z The arguments of string theorists and cosmologists might be mathematically precise and at the same time be as useless as the philosophy of Pythagoras. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z We are considered useless because we cannot help out the war effort direcdy. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He squirms and squeals and tries to bite his captor, but it is useless. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z “I think about that very last breath. Sucking for air. Pulling and pulling and getting nothing. I think about my chest muscles ripping and burning, absolutely useless. No air. No nothing. Just black.” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Though he knew that it was useless, that there was nobody, knew it inside his head, but he couldn’t stop now, crying and crying. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z It had been a useless stray, underfoot, scavenging everywhere for food. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She felt so much alone that she sought the useless company of her husband, who had been forgotten under the chestnut tree. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z “You don’t want to make a useless trip, do you?” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z After all the trouble and risk we undertook to get the money, it became useless. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Behind her slanted sunglasses her useless eyes were closed, but she could see the music as it left her violin and lifted into the afternoon like smoke. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “I feel so useless. You’ve caged me in with hundreds of material objects that don’t satisfy the real me.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Stupid — useless — thing —” “Write home for another one,” Harry suggested as the wand let off a volley of bangs like a firecracker. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z All linen was swept aside to be washed, but she carefully wrapped the useless cord and the afterbirth and laid the package at the feet of the Virgin on the small altar. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z In fact—and this is a key point in explaining the breakdown of Blue Team that day in the Gulf—that extra information is more than useless. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z If only I could remember the song of the cave, but it was useless. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Tori is trying to walk, but one of her legs drags behind her, useless. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z So in fact the prayer in the song is useless. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z He took Clara on a second honeymoon to the same places where they had spent the first, and on weekend escapades to a hotel, but it was all useless. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Only my sweet brother would crowd all these useless mouths into a castle that might soon be under siege. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Apá doesn’t say anything, as if he’s so angry that words are useless to him. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z If the main set piece does not rotate, it’s useless. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z My family was kind of useless, too shell-shocked and upset to do anything. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z A cold, heavy presence passed over the beach, slowing time, dropping the temperature to freezing, and making me feel like life was hopeless, fighting was useless. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z For nearly one week, the two top experts in the field had aggravated the situation with useless tests. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Apparently, having a Capitol pedigree is as useless here as it was in 13. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The younger girl started to cry, her hands hanging useless at her sides. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Many of the things I’m supposed to know seem so useless that I can’t see the purpose in learning them at all.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z There were three cars surrounding our smoking, useless hunk of metal. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I couldn’t stand to look at him standing in the doorway, his body hanging from its frame with nothing but its own useless hands for company. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I lost my job at Arby’s in January because I had become so part-time, I was useless. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Our gifts are trampled in the mud and made useless. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z But I am useless, one more girl who couldn’t be sold. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I pushed it over and over, but it was useless. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Presently they were in among a clump of ragged leafless shrubs, useless either for concealment or as protection from the wind. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z She drags that dead leg around like a useless burden. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Dragging my useless leg behind me, I stagger after him, having no idea what else to do. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z They couldn’t run the gallery by themselves—they were useless! Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z |
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