| 单词 | fruitlessness |
| 例句 | In those texts, acts of sheer goodness, if not outright comical, are treated with irony at best or ladled with suspicion and fruitlessness at worst. Toni Morrison: ‘Goodness: Altruism and the Literary Imagination’ 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z This quotation also speaks to the fruitlessness of trying to impress someone with a certain look, attribute, political affiliation or apartment décor. From a Wedding Writer’s Notebook, 10 Views on Love 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z But amid all the carnage there is a simpler and perhaps encouraging point, in these divided times, about the ultimate fruitlessness of clinging to regional or any other prejudices. ‘Ozark’ on Netflix: This Lake Has Hidden Depths 2017-07-14T04:00:00Z Some readers of this column will respond that, whatever the problems in Portland or Portugal, we don’t want to return to the cost, violence and apparent fruitlessness of the old war on drugs. The hard-drug decriminalization disaster | Bret Stephens 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z Something in him wanted to add to an international conversation about war’s fruitlessness. Why Edward Berger's teen daughter got the last word on 'All Quiet on the Western Front' 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z The recent protests by black players in the National Football League were rather sad for their fruitlessness. Black Protest Has Lost Its Power 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z The apparent fruitlessness of the Central Office’s expeditions has not escaped scrutiny in the German press. The last Nazi hunters 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z It falls into that long, dismal catalogue of the fruitlessness of experience and the confirmed unteachability of mankind. Should we even go there? Historians on comparing fascism to Trumpism 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z The subsequent failure of talks to achieve a grand bargain, in this view, proves the fruitlessness of pushing Simpson-Bowles. A cautious Obama misreads history On the bright side, I’m privileged to work at a place that understands the fruitlessness and damage inflicted by DRM schemes. What Do We Get for That DRM? 2013-10-13T12:00:00Z Realizing at last the fruitlessness of its efforts, it suddenly ceased all attempts to unseat Frank. Frank Merriwell's New Comedian The Rise of a Star 2012-01-20T03:00:15.013Z Shaughnessy turned back with a heart none the lighter because of the fruitlessness of his quest; back to the old search in dark places for pelf and power. The Lash 2011-12-20T03:00:32.457Z A second thought, however, showed the fruitlessness of that; small comfort to his arms if their souls could not embrace! The Whirligig of Time 2011-11-04T02:00:23.063Z Exhausted nature alone brought conviction of the fruitlessness of such efforts. The Emigrant's Lost Son or, Life Alone in the Forest 2011-10-13T02:00:39.777Z And yet, for all its fruitlessness, that prattle about art gave them a valid claim on our respect. Henry James 2011-09-05T02:00:22.877Z Retribution fell upon it not for its lack of fruit, since at that season it shared this with all its tribe, but for ostentatious, much-professing fruitlessness. The Gospel According to St. Mark 2011-08-20T02:00:14.427Z And only last year Red Star Belgrade finished a whopping five points behind their rivals Partizan Belgrade after 33 games of mellow fruitlessness. Who has played the fewest games during a full professional career? 2011-07-12T22:29:26Z At length, convinced of the fruitlessness of his efforts, he flew off to seek some more easily procurable food. Rambles of a Naturalist 2011-06-04T02:00:13.503Z The fruitlessness of this expectation, and the prematureness of her bending her head out of the way, began to vex him a little at last. Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. 2011-05-20T02:00:42.297Z The fruitlessness of this mission gave great uneasiness to the Czar, and caused him to seek out every possible alliance. Claimants to Royalty 2011-03-31T02:00:20.557Z This is the original of our "Preaching to the dead," to express the fruitlessness of exhortations, applications, or petitions, to certain insensible people. The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 4, April, 1852 2011-02-23T03:00:33.760Z A few even accept fruitlessness as an acceptable price for good housekeeping. Arsenal must end wait for silver after golden night against Barcelona 2011-02-19T22:00:01Z Will it be to see these people, to reason with them, to explain to them the fruitlessness of what they are doing? Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. 2011-02-18T03:00:17.957Z The lawyer seemed to understand the fruitlessness of further effort. The Sign of Flame 2011-01-27T03:00:43.087Z We would then have to assume that Mr. von Osten at first really tried to educate the horse to think, but soon recognized the fruitlessness of such an attempt. Clever Hans (The horse of Mr. Von Osten): A contribution to experimental animal and human psychology "No—I wish you could bring yourself to think of him more indulgently, but—" Colonel Tom knew the fruitlessness of that line of counsel, so he brushed lightly by to other topics. The Tempering S�pe expugnaverunt A Psalm of the warfare and persecutions of the pilgrim Church, and of the vanity and fruitlessness of the attacks of her enemies. The Christian Use of the Psalter Convinced of the fruitlessness of his attempts, the Primate at once dispatched Count Dietrich to Cluny, to inform the Pontiff of the danger with which he was threatened. Barbarossa; An Historical Novel of the XII Century. As for fruitlessness, that is out of the question. The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St John, Vol. II "Putting," began Good interrogatively, when the laugh at the allusion to the extent and fruitlessness of Alder's golf education had subsided, "is...." Thirty Reuben called the next day to report the fruitlessness of his mission. Windyridge Constantina had the diplomacy to make her peace with her brother as soon as she saw the fruitlessness of this scheme. Women of Early Christianity The triumph of knavery and falsehood is a bad lesson for any people; but the fruitlessness of honest industry is, if possible, a worse one. St. Patrick's Eve The reason of our fruitlessness is the simple one, that we are not closely enough attached to Christ. The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St John, Vol. II This representation of the fruitlessness of all pedagogical efforts engenders an indifference towards it which would leave, as a result, only a sort of vegetation of individuality growing at hap-hazard.— Pedagogics as a System "Just Icicles," by Sarah Story Duffee, is a sort of fairy tale with a juvenile exterior; which contains, however, more than a slight hint of the vanity of human wishes and fruitlessness of human endeavour. Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 The bull has now given up those wild rushes from a distance, and fences warily, evidently much annoyed at the fruitlessness of his charges, and the impossibility of driving his horns home in solid flesh. The Harmsworth Magazine, v. 1, 1898-1899, No. 2 Thoughts of pursuit entered his mind, but he realized at once the fruitlessness of such an attempt. The Film of Fear I mentioned the fruitlessness of my own efforts to awake the ministry. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 54, No. 338, December 1843 I. Let me ask you to note with me, first, the fruitlessness inherent in all the works of darkness. Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John Every moment the jester expected an outcry; the announcement of the fruitlessness of the attack, but the morio made no sound. Under the Rose Hear! enthusiastic in proportion to the fruitlessness of listening. The Writings of James Russell Lowell in Prose and Poetry, Volume V Political Essays This check of his co-operating column and the utter fruitlessness of his own march, induced a sudden change of Sherman's intent. Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death After they had ransacked every mental corridor in vain they acknowledged the fruitlessness of the quest, and I myself told their aged relative the text. St. Cuthbert's Thus the fruitlessness of such efforts was made manifest; of all concerned, it is probable that the most amiable of Englishmen was the only one who was disappointed at the result. Benjamin Franklin The most disappointing thing about these exploratory trips was their fruitlessness in obtaining food, the chief object for which they had been made. The Castaways The example and fraternal counsel of this good man made him sensible of the fruitlessness of his own work, and moved him to more earnest prayers and labors. A History of American Christianity They were only sick at heart with the fruitlessness of it. The Black Douglas And if, as time goes on, they drift a little apart, they are not vulgar souls, to be alienated and recriminate when they experience the fruitlessness of their ambition. Shakespearean Tragedy Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth Mortified with the apparent fruitlessness of his humane endeavours he has been compelled to leave Killarney House. The Reminiscences of an Irish Land Agent Here you have explained the fruitlessness, indeed the paralysis, of many a pulpit. The Young Priest's Keepsake It is doubtless both as a cause and a result of this undervaluing and general fruitlessness of the ordinary Church ordinances, that we find so much levity and irreverence in many so-called revival Churches. The Way of Salvation in the Lutheran Church A kind of despair surged up in the boy's heart—despair at the fruitlessness of this ironical and furious sort of talk; and with the despair came boldness. Come Rack! Come Rope! This is a common form of expression to imply the fruitlessness of an act. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 Since the selection of it she had heard Kemper quite as carelessly express approval of an ermine wrap, and her heart had suddenly sickened over the fruitlessness of her ambition. The Wheel of Life I wonder if a certain class of religious people have ever thought how much their exclusiveness and Pharisaism have to do with the unhappy fruitlessness of all their appeals! The End of the World A Love Story They accompany it as far as possible, cover it with their artillery to the end of its course, and disengage it before burning, if the fruitlessness of the attempt is seen soon enough. The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 Still I determined to see her; the very hazard and fruitlessness of the thing made me furious to accomplish it. Tales of a Traveller As to a good will, when it is really such, the circumstance that it can, or cannot, be executed does not matter; its value is independent of the utility or fruitlessness of it. Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics In watching the lives of men and women I have been astonished, again and again, that the fruitlessness of their worry did not demonstrate its uselessness to them. Quit Your Worrying! The result was that the fruitlessness of the suggestion was admitted by its author. Abraham Lincoln, Volume II I am more and more inclined to think that much of the fruitlessness of communions which is so sad a side of the life of the Church is due to careless reception and inadequate thanksgiving. Our Lady Saint Mary We both laugh at the fruitlessness of her undertaking, and the joint merriment restores suavity to me, and assurance to him. Nancy On seeing the fruitlessness of all his efforts, he killed himself in despair. Flowers and Flower-Gardens With an Appendix of Practical Instructions and Useful Information Respecting the Anglo-Indian Flower-Garden The peace of Aix-la-Chapelle had a graver defect than that of fruitlessness; it was not and could not be durable. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 6 A distinguished and active fruitlessness, leaving the world at last as he found it, is the political barrister's ideal career. An Englishman Looks at the World How is this parvenu people going to stand the cessation of hope, the realisation of the failure and fruitlessness of such efforts as no people on earth have ever made before? What is Coming? I know the fruitlessness, the utter despair, that awaits such a sentiment. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 06 — Fiction We returned home late, my companion in excessively bad humor at the fruitlessness of the expedition. Hauntings Possibly the fruitlessness of any such speculation had much to do with his gradual cessation of interest in the enigma. The Bronze Bell Stay, hear me out; I know the fruitlessness, the utter despair, that awaits such a sentiment. Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 1 But the fruitlessness of his negotiations with Luther had become apparent. Life of Luther We do not need to regard the prayer for entrance, and its refusal, as conveying more than the fruitlessness of wishes for entrance then, when unaccompanied with fitness to enter. Expositions of Holy Scripture : St. Matthew Chaps. IX to XXVIII On hearing the fruitlessness of his quest, the President said: "Well, Mr. Garrison, when you first went to Baltimore, you could not get out of prison--but this second time you could not get in!" The Lincoln Story Book A Judicious Collection of the Best Stories and Anecdotes of the Great President, Many Appearing Here for the First Time in Book Form After some ineffectual attempts, therefore, to overawe and astonish his host, Mr. Skelton became aware of the fruitlessness of the effort, and condescended to abate somewhat of his pretensions. The Evil Guest On reaching the bright and gay scene of the piazza, which contrasted with the gloomy court he had just quitted like morning with night, he saw the utter fruitlessness of further pursuit. The Bravo The fruitlessness of his attempts to discover traces of Madame de Fermont, the ignominious conduct of his son, who had preferred an infamous life to death, crushed him to the ground with sorrow. Mysteries of Paris, V3 A purpose from which the old man did not seek to dissuade him, though he readily conceived its fruitlessness. Charlemont; Or, the Pride of the Village. a Tale of Kentucky Barren fig-tree, see how the Lord Jesus by these words suggests the cause of thy fruitlessness of soul. The Riches of Bunyan Selected from His Works The real horror is the dead weight of ennui, the aimlessness and fruitlessness of a life that has done nothing and has nothing to do. Problems of Conduct Its usefulness or fruitlessness can neither add nor take away anything from this value. Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals Miss Stanbury also was full of anxiety, and for hour after hour could not sleep as she remembered the fruitlessness of her efforts on behalf of her nephew and niece. He Knew He Was Right Her face proclaimed the fruitlessness of her errand. Sparrows: the story of an unprotected girl She said nothing, thinking it not impossible that he was again dissatisfied with the fruitlessness of his life, and had been made to feel it more strongly by associating with so many new people. The Emancipated There was nothing left for him to do but return to the Red Chateau and inform them of the fruitlessness of his errand. The Puppet Crown I remained absent from their secret endeavours, since I was convinced of their fruitlessness. Andrea Delfin My father never fully recovered from this disgrace; and the fruitlessness of all his efforts towards reform was certainly the cause of the apathy which came upon him at a later day. The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard If you undertook this work you would soon see life and joy and movement where silence now reigns, where the eye is saddened by barren fruitlessness. The Village Rector There is this element of a fine fruitlessness about the male enjoyments; wine is poured into a bottomless bucket; thought plunges into a bottomless abyss. What's Wrong with the World On the following morning they rose early, made another hearty meal, then loading themselves with buffalo meat, set out on their return to the camp, to report the fruitlessness of their mission. The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U. S. A., in the Rocky Mountains and the Far West Experience constantly showed him the fruitlessness of his efforts, but he paid no attention to its teachings. Russia He had found himself so strictly guarded that he soon perceived the fruitlessness of any attempt at escape. Twenty Years After |
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