英语词汇“ineffectually”造句子简单的方法、技巧、例句及翻译-英语例句辞典

Roy Lee leapt to his feet and flailed ineffectually at his attacker. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Lying tangled up on top of each other, they all drank but Nately, who kept groping ineffectually for the door handle. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Lee stood up in front of him, his tiny fists doubled ineffectually, his stance and position so silly that he began to laugh. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I folded my arms, ineffectually trying to cover my bare, bloody chest. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Lieutenant Scheisskopf’s wife screamed suddenly, and began beating him ineffectually about the head with both fists. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

As they kissed she was pulling at his clothes, plucking ineffectually at his shirt, his waistband. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The blow almost missed its target, finally brushing Janza’s jaw ineffectually. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dumb with pain and horror, I watched as Orange Juice thumped the hyena ineffectually and pulled at its hair while her throat was being squeezed by its jaws. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

As he watched the bird dipped again slanting his wings for the dive and then swinging them wildly and ineffectually as he followed the flying fish. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was worn smooth by ages of weather and didn’t have any handholds to speak o£ I slid to the ground, my hands scrabbling ineffectually. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

His father tried, ineffectually, to intervene, but this time Moni was beaten up viciously, with a gashed lip and a wound in his forehead that precipitated a visit to the hospital. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Oh, dear,” sighed Major Danby, and began dabbing ineffectually at his careworn brow with a folded white handkerchief. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

But because it flopped, it's actually sort of poignant, like watching an old man ineffectually waving his fist as they concrete the duckpond and put up a Nando's. Django Unchained, Djack Whitehall and Djames Delingpole 2013-01-13T20:00:00Z

I invariably find myself speechless as I try, ineffectually, to brush her off. Carolyn Hax: What’s in a name? None of your business. 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z

As Mary ineffectually attempts to convey “Legends of the Fall” by making flailing waterfall-like motions in the general vicinity of her midsection, the two youngest girls provide a stream of mortifying guesses. ‘Eligible,’ Curtis Sittenfeld’s Update of Jane Austen 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z

At home Lynn struggles ineffectually, but at least kindly, to contain the ruin of her child's life. In Liana Liberato We 'Trust': A 14-Year-Old's Harrowing Turn Elevates Tale of Pain and Pedophilia 2011-03-31T20:35:00Z

In one scene Helen ineffectually tries to persuade him not to drive to the supermarket when he’s drunk. ‘Burning Cane’ Review: Poverty and Despair in Rural Louisiana 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z

"Sorry about that," she says, dabbing at it ineffectually. Maxine Peake: 'People go to therapy. I've got a hoover' – interview 2013-03-24T00:02:01Z

Bridges is holding his guns in the air like some sort of fairy, plus look how ineffectually he's biting on that strap. True Grit trailer shootout: John Wayne v the Coen brothers 2010-10-06T09:08:00Z

That’s what the whole dance does: flow on attractively, if ineffectually. Review: Bent by the Pandemic, the Graham Company Dances On 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z

The fourth season sees them attempting to embrace their heroic side – clumsily and ineffectually, but they're trying! – to stop a world-ending horde known as . . . the Butts. Is the new DC Studios regime the apocalypse that "Doom Patrol" can't survive? 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z

This consists of two red brooms, their handles extended into several sections that dance disjointedly and ineffectually, like deranged serpents, above scatterings of paper. Art in Review: JEAN-PIERRE GAUTHIER: Recent Work 2011-06-16T22:00:28Z

With only one hand to defend myself I slap ineffectually, trying to kill them against the rock or my body. An adrenaline-starved adventure traveler looks back at five close calls 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z

Remember, his presidential campaign was marked by a long succession of artists telling him ineffectually not to use their music. The stars won’t do the presidential inauguration? Hand it to the family Von Trump 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z

Mann starts to cry, mopping ineffectually at her face with the tissue. Leslie Mann: 'If I don't have a creative outlet, I implode' – interview 2013-02-16T22:00:02Z

From time to time I rant ineffectually against what I feel is a growing tendency of Americans to give their newborns idiot names. Gene Weingarten: The name shame of Axl, Anakin, Arya ... 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z

Intermittently beautiful but frustratingly leaden, “Shutterbug” labors ineffectually to promote authenticity over artifice. Movie Review | 'Shutterbug': Photographer, Camera, Subjects 2010-03-19T04:02:00Z

Most of the gentry seemed to fold ineffectually after they were discovered. Kit Harington Isn’t Trying to Compete With ‘Game of Thrones’ 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z

It was time, after all, for the President to model the ideals for which he’d so strenuously—and, in the end, it must be said, ineffectually—argued. Obama’s Lessons, Unlearned 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z

I’m suffering from migraine-associated vertigo, and only the treatment my neurologist is already pursuing, however ineffectually, can help. Life with migraines: ‘It feels like a creature is pushing itself through my skull’ | Anna Altman 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z

But Mr. Andò flows ineffectually back and forth between the brothers, making elegant use of some Verdi but less so of Mr. Servillo. ‘Viva la Libertà,’ a Comedy Starring Toni Servillo 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z

He just simpered and whined ineffectually, then fell under the sway of the Faith Militant’s leader – whom he should be opposing. Terrible teens on TV: the brats that need to grow up 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z

And poor Sascha Radetsky resorted to stomping around ineffectually as Paris, before his perfunctory murder in the crypt on the way to the ballet’s main death event. Dance Review: Herman Cornejo in Ballet Theater?s ?Romeo and Juliet? 2010-07-06T21:27:00Z

The Biden administration has taken a very hard line on China — much harder in practice than former President Donald Trump, who talked tough but mostly flailed around ineffectually. Why is China’s economy stumbling? | Paul Krugman 2023-08-13T04:00:00Z

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused the International Atomic Energy Agency on Sunday of ineffectually policing Iran's nuclear activities and suggested the U.N. watchdog risked becoming politicised and irrelevant. Pro-Ukraine group of Russian partisans says will give captives to Kyiv 2023-06-04T04:00:00Z

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused the International Atomic Energy Agency on Sunday of ineffectually policing Iran's nuclear activities and suggested the U.N. watchdog risked becoming politicised and irrelevant. McCarthy lauds debt US ceiling deal, House conservatives divided 2023-06-04T04:00:00Z

The implication is that direct compensation would be ineffectually sprinkled among families. Opinion | Reparations should include funding for high-quality early education 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z

That raises the threat that central banks will overly tighten the brakes on the economy, as they push ineffectually against a string “and essentially fall into a damaging policy mistake,” Rieder said. Stocks tumble after inflation worsens, raising rate fears 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z

Most robot vacs that also mop put most of their power into vacuuming, and the mopping portion is more about ineffectually dragging a wet towel over your floor. Roomba j7 Plus vs. Samsung Jet Bot AI Plus review: here’s what to expect when shit happens 2022-01-17T05:00:00Z

The difference between those organizing at the local level to shape democracy and those raging ineffectually about democratic backsliding — myself included — reminds me of the old line about war: Amateurs talk strategy; professionals talk logistics. Opinion | Steve Bannon Is On to Something 2022-01-09T05:00:00Z

They employ them fitfully and therefore often ineffectually. America's fate looks bleak: Will it be oligarchy or autocracy? 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z

On the right, the inevitable excesses of those efforts will be opposed, but more weakly and ineffectually because of what just happened, what conservatism’s relationship to fantasy just wrought. Opinion | How Trump Made the Fantasy Real 2021-01-09T05:00:00Z

Another front dispatch today said the front was comparatively, and almost ominously, quiet today with each side thrusting tentatively and ineffectually at opposing defenses . AP WAS THERE: Battle of the Bulge, 1944 2020-12-21T05:00:00Z

So we see Trump and his team flailing about ineffectually with thin legal threats that would require corrupt, partisan judges to overturn thousands of votes in multiple states to award him a victory. America's relationship with the world: Now with less terror and incoherence 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z

I called, but the chatter of echoes drowned out even the buzz of the drones who flit amid the piles of boxes, brushing dust ineffectually from surfaces into the musty air. Murder at the Tesseract House 2020-05-19T04:00:00Z

Other international institutions are also thrashing about, mostly ineffectually. Leaderless, lacking and late: a global plan to fight coronavirus is desperately needed 2020-04-11T04:00:00Z

To each of these increasingly brazen attacks, all occurring during the administration of President Bill Clinton, the national security state responded ineffectually. Judgment day for the national security state 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z

In addition, the show desperately but ineffectually wants viewers to be interested in the undercover work of blond white cop C.G. Netflix’s Wu Assassins series lacks the Hong Kong cinema magic 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z

I swat ineffectually at my forehead, nose, ears. I studied factory farms for years. Visiting one was far worse than I imagined 2019-04-20T04:00:00Z

Online abuse is the focus of significant feminist activism these days, as social media platforms flail ineffectually against a torrent of cyber-misogyny. Casual sexism creates victims. We should acknowledge that and police it | Libby Brooks 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z

The police march through, poking ineffectually at the drug-dealers’ empty stalls. In Anarchic Corner of Copenhagen, Police and Dealers Play Cat and Mouse 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z

Police march through, poking ineffectually at the drug dealers’ empty stalls. In anarchic corner of Copenhagen, police and dealers play cat and mouse 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z

Indian courts issued warrants for his arrest, and the police tried, ineffectually, to track him down. The staggering rise of India’s super-rich 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z

Nonetheless, at least the Obama administration understood it was dealing with a humanitarian crisis and made some effort to mitigate the problem, however ineffectually. Trump and Sessions’ border policy is a nightmare — and that was the idea all along 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z

For Trump, who had campaigned loudly, but ineffectually, for the repeal, the defeat jeopardized an entire legislative agenda. The week the wheels fell off in Trump's Washington 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z

The demonstrators – including older men and young women – were left bloodied, battered and bruised, while Washington police officers attempted ineffectually to stop the violence. 'Wholly unacceptable': Erdoğan urged to discipline bodyguards after violent clash 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z

The Democrats bear responsibility for years of compromise and muddle; they floundered ineffectually while their rivals strategised with brilliance. We could’ve avoided President Donald Trump. Now, we must learn the lessons | Rebecca Solnit 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z

Evidently, the White House felt compelled to respond, however ineffectually, to charges that the United States is complicit in Saudi war crimes. The United States’ bloody alliance with Saudi Arabia 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z

The US dabbled ineffectually in helping the rebel cause, hobbled by uncertainty over the groups it was dealing with. Obama's legacy: the promises, shortcomings and fights to come 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z

Ameer Riley, the defensive coördinator, watched a defensive back lunge ineffectually at the M.V.P. Can Technology Make Football Safer? 2017-01-01T05:00:00Z

Coffman was elected to Congress in 2008 with 61 percent of the vote, replacing Tom Tancredo, a firebrand who that year ineffectually ran for president as a scourge of illegal immigrants. A Republican worth voting for 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z

Here's the difference: Democrats try to win elections, however ineffectually, by encouraging voters to vote for Democrats. Critics Say North Carolina Is Curbing Black Vote. Again. 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z

Monnin lost large swaths of her late 20s, from 27 on, doing legal battle with Trump, or more accurately, trying ineffectually to navigate the maze of legalese he threw in her way. The Miss USA hopeful sued by Trump: 'There are ways to stand your ground' 2016-09-04T04:00:00Z

Federal troops, aided by a handful of Secret Service agents and U.S. marshals, intervened episodically but ineffectually. In the U.S., who has the monopoly on force? 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z

As he tried to cross it, his machine bogged down and began to sink, its snow track spinning ineffectually. An Insurance Salesman and a Doctor Walk Into a Bar, and End Up at the North Pole 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z

For months, the self-contained former Florida governor responded ineffectually to an opponent who flouted all the norms. The Clinton dynasty survives, while the Bush dynasty is routed 2016-02-21T05:00:00Z

Mostly they all just sparred ineffectually with one another leaving Trump untouched. The bizarre, rage-filled spectacle of another GOP debate: Why Republican militarism has never been so incoherent 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z

The bill's passage was never in doubt and left the conservative insurgents in the familiar position of wailing ineffectually. The Establishment Strikes Back 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z

As happened in the 1930s, we will see weak, goody-goody international bodies wagging their finger ineffectually at strong, nasty nationalist regimes. The Middle-Class Squeeze 2015-09-25T04:00:00Z

Some officers used their batons while others resorted, bravely but ineffectually, to wielding fire extinguishers which they found at the scene. Weaponised 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z

Most of them were ineffectually marked with orange spray paint that all but faded away in the fog and the on-and-off rain that marked the day. Tour de France 2014: Vincenzo Nibali Sizes Up Remaining Competition 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z

Doctors are historically ill-prepared to address the problem of obesity — with a tendency either to ignore it, or to ineffectually wag an admonishing finger. Perspective: Obesity is not a disease 2014-04-16T17:21:59.050Z

For practical purposes, the commission's more important proposal is to abolish the feeble "approved persons regime" the Financial Services Authority operated ineffectually for a decade. Tyrie report: now lock up the banksters 2013-06-18T23:41:26Z

Thereafter, Wolves pressed ineffectually in search of an equaliser. Luton Town 1-0 Wolves 2013-01-05T17:15:40Z

Most fall ineffectually into the sea or onto substrates not conducive to germination. Scientist at Work Blog: Hawaii's Delicate Web of Life Started With Lava 2012-06-12T17:55:56Z

“Seven white yawls rocked idly and ineffectually at anchor in Tampa Bay today, in perfect harmony with the New York Mets at bat, in the field and on the mound,” he wrote. On 50-Year-Old Tape, Sounds of Mets? Awkward First Steps 2012-03-10T04:06:36Z

After the British had thoroughly, though ineffectually, searched the house, and failed, by many threats, to persuade the mistress to disclose the hiding place of the others, they demanded her silver. Noble Deeds of American Women With Biographical Sketches of Some of the More Prominent 2012-03-10T03:00:13.687Z

The Pulse is small and irregular, the Patient exceedingly dejected, and frequently swooning; afflicted with inexpressible Anguish, Convulsions, a deep Drowsiness, and continual Efforts to go to Stool, or make Urine, but ineffectually. Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health 2012-03-10T03:00:11.780Z

None of them reached the line of prostrate riflemen who were still blazing away ineffectually at the walls and blockhouses. Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo 2012-03-07T03:00:16.567Z

And Benny, left alone, whimpered aloud and tugged ineffectually at the knots which held him captive in his chair. Bruce of the Circle A 2012-03-06T03:00:27.120Z

"Not while I live, I hope, Hardy!" cried the dying chief, endeavoring ineffectually to raise himself from the bed. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z

Those of them who had loaded calivers ran along the quay, firing ineffectually at the moving vessel. With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z

"If this be so, it is not well to encourage the observance of landscape, any more than other ways of dreamily and ineffectually spending time?" Modern Painters. Vol. III (of V) Containing Part IV. Of Many Things 2012-02-20T03:00:15.843Z

Putting his hand down, and ascertaining that they had been tampered with, he endeavoured, ineffectually, to pull the bands off; he did not notice that I could slip the chain-rings off. The Iron Furnace Slavery and Secession 2012-02-14T03:00:24.963Z

After escaping the perils in his numerous combats, he is vanquished by Death, whom he ineffectually resists. The Dance of Death Exhibited in Elegant Engravings on Wood with a Dissertation on the Several Representations of that Subject but More Particularly on Those Ascribed to Macaber and Hans Holbein 2012-02-02T03:04:33.900Z

At the same time, when the authorized absurdities were perpetrated upon Oliver’s body, every effort was ineffectually made to discover that of King Charles, for the purpose of paying to it the highest honors. Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z

A hostile crowd had collected, but George took no heed of anyone; not even the Wallower in Wealth who sought ineffectually to obtain possession of the musical box by force and without payment. A Drake by George! 2012-01-09T03:00:22.163Z

He said a Shiite-dominated police brigade that is part of the central government was responsible, because the roadside bomb that struck his car, ineffectually, was set 50 yards from one of the brigade’s watch towers. U.S. Leaving Iraqi Comrades-in-Arms in Limbo 2011-12-14T00:48:28Z

Poor Fenn was engulfed almost to his shoulders, and was struggling ineffectually to get out. Bart Keene's Hunting Days or, The Darewell Chums in a Winter Camp 2011-12-11T03:00:12.153Z

On the day in question he dropped a fountain pen, and spent some moments in burrowing ineffectually under seats in search of it. The Whirligig of Time 2011-11-04T02:00:23.063Z

He did so, but ineffectually, for no one bought it. The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. I (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors 2011-10-25T02:00:28.357Z

But he was by no means insensible to feminine charm, and Neaera had not ineffectually aired her graces for his benefit. The Woman Who Vowed The Demetrian 2011-10-24T02:00:18.500Z

Helpless as he was, the man struggled to prevent this, though, of course, ineffectually. Chronicles of Martin Hewitt 2011-10-24T02:00:16.617Z

Four year later, in October 1312, the Emperor Henry VII. lay sick in the Abbey, while his army ineffectually besieged Florence. The Story of Florence 2011-10-20T02:00:24.237Z

But the operation was so ineffectually performed that Andronicus retained a measure of sight, and was even able to venture on a second rebellion against his father. The Byzantine Empire 2011-10-16T02:00:16.630Z

After ineffectually endeavouring to compose herself, she arose, and hastily robing herself—a task she performed with no little difficulty, her fingers being almost useless—continued to pace her narrow chamber. Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason 2011-10-15T02:00:27.517Z

The bill fluttered ineffectually down to the floor halfway between us. Test Pilot 2011-09-21T02:00:37.513Z

She had taken off my ruined silk hat and unfastened my white bow and collar, and was bending over me solicitously, fanning my face ineffectually, now with my own hat, now with her hand. The Debit Account 2011-09-21T02:00:33.753Z

Nuñez bawled again, and then once more, and as he gestured ineffectually the word "blind" came up to the top of his thoughts. The Strand Magazine, Volume XXVII, Issue 160, April, 1904 2011-09-21T02:00:33.023Z

He could not, notwithstanding his terror, recede; nay, he tried ineffectually to fix the ray on the very thing that thrilled him through every nerve. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 21 2011-09-09T02:01:06.280Z

From every window ineffectually shuttered came beams of light; chimneys were smoking, and the savor of roast meats gave cheer to the streets. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z

He fought in that strange campaign of 1359-60, which began with such magnificent preparations, but ended so ineffectually. Chaucer and His England 2011-09-01T02:00:19.940Z

Running to overtake it, Smith found that the young woman was still trying, ineffectually, to free herself. The Real Man 2011-07-29T02:00:28.280Z

She had a recorded I.Q. of 172, but Mr. Sloan’s script makes that point ineffectually, mostly by showing her as a fan of the New York Times crossword puzzle. | New Jersey: The Dumb Blonde With an I.Q. of 172 (No Joke) 2011-07-23T02:42:49Z

She was in the most wretched frame of mind, ineffectually struggling to fall asleep. Yekl A tale of the New York ghetto 2011-07-13T02:00:17.480Z

The young Queen was enduring all the torments of jealousy, and disguised them ineffectually by attempting to smile at her husband, whom she adored as a pious woman of infinite kindness. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z

They had the true Southern pride in wealth and position; and the hand of the daughter had already been sought, however ineffectually, by scions of the best families in and about the Monumental city. The Coward A Novel of Society and the Field in 1863 2011-07-08T02:00:16.223Z

And, as before, an attempt of that, or any other kind like that, is better unmade than ineffectually made. Reasons against the Succession of the House of Hanover with an Enquiry How far the Abdication of King James, supposing it to be Legal, ought to affect the Person of the Pretender 2011-07-07T02:00:26.913Z

The growing unease in Washington about America's wars reflects a dawning sense of genuine crisis, a sneaking suspicion even among hawkish Republicans that they preside ineffectually over a great power in precipitous decline. Does Obama idolize the military? 2011-06-30T15:01:00Z

I have begged for months to be released from that dungeon, but ineffectually. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 2011-06-29T02:00:23.750Z

He found his handkerchief and began laboriously and ineffectually to smear his face with it, with the sole result of spreading the colour instead of removing it. Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z

My husband ineffectually endeavoured to sound these trumpets; none but the stentorian lungs of the vigorous Mandschis could give them breath. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z

The vertical propellers answered instantly to his touch, but they beat the air ineffectually: the airship absolutely refused to rise. King of the Air Or, To Morocco on an Aeroplane 2011-06-17T02:00:22.043Z

Freed of these drawbacks, his oratory might well, one could not but feel, have rolled in any of our legislative chambers more superbly and just as ineffectually as much of the other oratory therein practised. The Secret of Lonesome Cove 2011-06-07T02:00:12.563Z

I dwelt immediately on the measures which I had hitherto ineffectually pursued to trace her footsteps, and detailed the grounds of my present belief that we should meet in London. Ormond, Volume III (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:21.807Z

Objection was ineffectually raised that his Royal Highness had also his income as Commander-in-Chief and General Officer, and it might have also been added, his pensions and his income as Prince Bishop of Osnaburg. The Impeachment of The House of Brunswick 2011-05-31T02:00:34.353Z

In 1781, an imperial squadron once more appeared in the Caspian, and endeavoured, but ineffectually, to make some military settlements on the Persian coasts. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z

Cornelius pressed me to his heart, and tried to hush away my grief, but ineffectually. Daisy Burns (Volume 1) 2011-05-20T02:00:34.097Z

He would secrete himself, and merely look once more at the face he had striven ineffectually to forget, and she should never suspect his presence. A Speckled Bird 2011-05-06T02:00:09.097Z

Every one tried, but ineffectually, to cheer and comfort the other, but the task was hopeless. Heroines That Every Child Should Know Tales for Young People of the World's Heroines of All Ages 2011-05-04T02:00:19.257Z

Women screamed as rough and seemingly hostile hands were laid upon them; men, red and inarticulate with anger, attempted ineffectually to resist. The Girl from Alsace A Romance of the Great War, Originally Published under the Title of Little Comrade 2011-04-23T02:00:05.477Z

"What does this outrage mean?" screamed the doctor, after ineffectually endeavoring to release himself. Final Proof or the Value of Evidence 2011-04-20T02:00:19.580Z

By means of this faculty, man is able, darkly perhaps but not ineffectually, to grope his way towards an understanding of reality. Religion and Science From Galileo to Bergson 2011-04-07T02:00:16.760Z

When she carried the brandy to his door, the hand that grasped it was icy, and the other tugged ineffectually at his white tie. A Speckled Bird 2011-05-06T02:00:09.097Z

Napier tried ineffectually enough to shield her from a man with a note-book, volleying questions. The Messenger 2011-03-26T02:00:14.523Z

I strove hard, but ineffectually, to convince them that Napoleon's death had made all thought of empire impossible. The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 or The Foundation of the French Republic, A Tale of The French Revolution 2011-03-21T02:00:09.090Z

The Americans opened fire upon the fort, and for four days ineffectually hammered the walls with cannon-shot. Vermont A Study of Independence 2011-03-17T02:00:13.130Z

Fighters shot randomly — and ineffectually — into clear skies, sirens howled and two ambulances speeding from the hospital crashed into each other. Qaddafi Forces Bear Down on Strategic Town as Rebels Flee 2011-03-11T11:09:25Z

Time passed sadly in seeking ineffectually for employment. Famous Men of Science 2011-03-08T03:00:49.717Z

One man complained of the rebels' inexperience, as a fighter fired an automatic weapon ineffectually at a warplane. A million Libyans need aid as UK, France seek no-fly zone 2011-03-08T02:33:12Z

I tried - rather ineffectually - to push him away, but he was insistent. Jungle dress code 2011-03-05T12:02:52Z

I tried ineffectually to make out his bent from his physiognomy. My Unknown Chum 2011-03-01T03:00:38.307Z

Like a swarm of ants the air mechanics scattered right and left to avoid—in many cases ineffectually—the gigantic falling firebrand. Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War 2011-02-24T03:01:02.917Z

The translator tried ineffectually to shoo them away. Reporting While Female 2011-02-19T22:25:01Z

She experienced moments of revolt, when she cried out passionately but ineffectually against an influence which would compel her to elevations rarer than the atmosphere of her everyday, easy-going pleasure-taking life. The Westerners 2011-02-14T03:00:39.347Z

His utmost skill was ineffectually tried to prevent a general overturn. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z

And the large blonde tried ineffectually to look severe. In the Van; or, The Builders 2011-02-09T03:00:42.387Z

The rabble sound was coming down the hall as ineffectually two attendants clung to the ponderous Bengali, mad with his affliction. The Three Sapphires 2011-02-07T03:00:24.770Z

He saw the stroke coming, but, in the attitude where my former blow had forced him he could parry but ineffectually. A Maid of the Kentucky Hills 2011-02-04T03:00:15.877Z

And she gently but ineffectually tried to press him down. The Invisible Censor 2011-01-29T03:00:20.267Z

Someone turned out the sputtering gas jet that had ineffectually illuminated the dress tent. Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z

And we go on ineffectually organizing municipal leagues, good government clubs, and citizens' unions to this hopeless end. Twentieth Century Socialism What It Is Not; What It Is: How It May Come 2011-01-17T03:00:51.213Z

He perceived that she could not express the actuality; that her thoughts had winged ineffectually about the immovable disorder—like bees over the clumsy corpse of a rodent in the hive. She Buildeth Her House 2011-01-04T03:01:05.167Z

The doctor's coarse gray hair exhaled a faint scent where brilliantine, ineffectually, had played a minor part, and in some mysterious way it added to the other's annoyance. The Man with the Double Heart 2010-12-21T22:55:56.757Z

Carter ineffectually boycotts the Olympics while Reagan wins the Cold War. Jimmy Carter: Worst. American. Ever! 2010-08-16T21:11:00Z

Meanwhile, Mrs Brandon lifted the wasted form in her arms, and bore it to a couch, where she strove ineffectually to restore animation. By Birth a Lady

He appeared as a poet in 427 B.C., and having indulged in some sarcasms on the powerful demagogue Cleon, was ineffectually accused by the latter of having unlawfully assumed the title of an Athenian citizen. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli

For she had given to this world--this piteous world for which she had labored clumsily and ineffectually in alien ways--the best thing that the woman has to give. The Preliminaries And Other Stories

She added this with a quick glance that ineffectually attempted to gauge the guest's tastes and powers of appreciation. The Gambler A Novel

To which we must add a large allowance for waste, or thermal mechanical and chemical energy ineffectually dissipated in and above the vents. The Eruption of Vesuvius in 1872

"You say you wanted the masons, sir," said Keane, opening the door, where he had been endeavoring, but ineffectually, to catch the clew of Linton's words. Roland Cashel Volume I (of II)

It appears, however, from the following letter, that this privilege had already been reduced to one such language, and that Longfellow was at once found remonstrating against it, though at first ineffectually. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Far better is it for the vocalist to do a little well than to do much ineffectually. Great Singers on the Art of Singing Educational Conferences with Foremost Artists

A convulsive movement passed over his fine youthful features, as if tears were ineffectually struggling to escape. On the Heights A Novel

She interceded with great generosity, but ineffectually, for Monmouth the same year. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt"

One or two street lamps of an antiquated pattern flickered ineffectually. The Gray Mask

Against this stone wall the efforts of organisations like the British "Union of Democratic Control" break ineffectually. American World Policies

His designs had failed, whatever they might have been, and he ended his great career struggling ineffectually to conjure back into the vase the spirit which he had himself let loose. The Divorce of Catherine of Aragon The Story as Told by the Imperial Ambassadors Resident at the Court of Henry VIII

I now proceed with Article II of the Manifesto, which he states to be "the peaceful methods which we have ineffectually used for redress." Junius Unmasked or, Thomas Paine the author of the Letters of Junius and the Declaration of Independence

On the spot I had to be on it; and it began to dawn before me that there was something quite other I possibly might do with Mrs. Server than endeavour ineffectually to forget her. The Sacred Fount

Not ineffectually either, but the sheer weight of the heavy muscular brute had hurled him flat. Haviland's Chum

Dimly discernible, yes, backed into a corner and no longer mistress of her own house, though ineffectually trying to assert herself above a determined leadership. Young Wallingford

After a cold and uncomfortable supper, we crept into our den, soon after the genial sun had left us, and endeavoured, by every means our ingenuity could suggest, but ineffectually, to keep ourselves warm. Narrative of a Journey to the Summit of Mont Blanc

Anderson was rolling, twisting about, striving ineffectually to wriggle loose. The Auto Boys' Mystery

It appears, however, that he and his companions were misled by appearances, and that the Patriot was engaged with the British sloop for two hours, and twice attempted to board her, but ineffectually. History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia

The said Frank, having shouted ineffectually for one of the boys, presumably away on some other business, was helping Jan to outspan. Aletta A Tale of the Boer Invasion

The shock and cold, above all the horrible sense of suffocation, started him struggling as madly and ineffectually as Trexler had done a moment before. Under Boy Scout Colors

While Bell was ineffectually struggling in this direction, a few men in Boston, who had been interested by the exhibition before the Boston Academy, determined to give the telephone a thorough test. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 5 July 1906

"What may be the gross amount, Se�hor?" said the banker, trying, but very ineffectually, to look at his ease. Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas

The party was ineffectually fired at from Gloucester Point, and returned on the same day to Williamsburg. History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia

In the English and French bourgeois revolutions the same cry was heard and died away ineffectually. Landmarks of Scientific Socialism "Anti-Duehring"

The gallant gelding floundered ineffectually for a footing, fell directly in the path of the infuriated beast, and threw his rider over his head. The Song of the Wolf

Friends ineffectually tried to procure him a pension. Oliver Goldsmith

Amelia, still thinly clad above and ineffectually baking herself, made him irrationally want to get away from fires. Old Crow

Whereupon Nim fairly turned tail, and fled ignominiously, after having ineffectually discharged a piece of timber, javelin-wise, at his enemy. Cedar Creek From the Shanty to the Settlement

Father and I remonstrated ineffectually, at first pleadingly and then in anger. The Mermaid of Druid Lake and Other Stories

“Very well,” said Helen, and went on with her low lullaby, which Tommy stoutly, but ineffectually, attempted to join. Our Young Folks—Vol. I, No. II, February 1865 An Illustrated Magazine for Boys and Girls

So much against his will had the affair occurred, that he had repeatedly but ineffectually commanded his men to desist. History of the Rise of the Huguenots Volume 2

According to agreement, the cow was sent, and the Duke, who happened to be en déshabille, and walking in the avenue, espied a little fellow ineffectually attempting to drive the animal to its destination. Gossip in the First Decade of Victoria's Reign

Perhaps Robert had detected the odour of rum, ineffectually concealed by the fragrance of a smoking pill, more frequently than merely after dinner, and seen the sad shadow on his daughter's face, following. Cedar Creek From the Shanty to the Settlement

To illustrate: A law promulgated by a prince or the authorities of a city, if not enforced, remains merely an open letter, which makes a demand indeed, but ineffectually. Epistle Sermons, Vol. III Trinity Sunday to Advent

Since then we have again ineffectually exchanged cards, and yesterday I received an invitation to her house, so that I suppose we shall finally become acquainted with each other. Records of Later Life

Jason Bolt, a minor partner in the business by virtue of some money he had put into it at a critical period in its early development, had protested mildly and ineffectually. The Monk of Hambleton

Mrs. Verstage intervened ineffectually; and when night arrived the youth made a bundle of his clothes and left the house, with the resolve not to return to it so long as his father lived. The Broom-Squire

Sheilah was conscious but still disorganized and limp, struggling weakly and ineffectually. High Dragon Bump

I have ineffectually searched all the various biographical dictionaries to that of the Rev. H. J. Notes and Queries, Number 217, December 24, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.

He drew his pistol and fired ineffectually at the great bird-like ship which was rising almost noiselessly into the air. Astounding Stories, February, 1931

In Bill's prisoner, as he stood there twitching ineffectually against that obstinate hold, breathing loud, shakily settling his clothes, we had, robe for robe, cap for cap, a duplicate Emperor of China! The Million-Dollar Suitcase

It fitted out a fleet of nine ships to aid King Alfred defeat the Danes, and its vessels ineffectually endeavored to intercept the Normans when they landed near Hastings. England, Picturesque and Descriptive A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel

Having collected these discordant elements around him, the Dean withdrew from the unequal contest, and hovered, smiling ineffectually, on the outskirts of his little chaos. Audrey Craven

Now he opened on Tom Hargus, bringing his horse down at the third shot, swung about and emptied his first gun ineffectually at the other man. The Duke Of Chimney Butte

“Colonel,” he asked, with a significance he tried ineffectually to subdue, for all subterfuge was difficult to his straightforward nature, “may I ask for what purpose that uniform was borrowed?” The Bondwoman

Genius, under such guidance, attains no noble ends, but resembles rather a copious spring conveyed in a falling aqueduct, where the waters continually escape through the frequent crevices, and waste themselves ineffectually on their passage. Scientific American magazine Vol 2. No. 3 Oct 10 1846 The Advocate of Industry and Journal of Scientific, Mechanical and Other Improvements

She thought that she struggled for some time to prevent him so doing, but quite ineffectually, and that, being struck down by him and rendered insensible, he thereupon gained ingress to the mansion. Clairvoyance

But they came up slowly and ineffectually, ponderous things he could scarcely lift. Vulcan's Workshop

He paused again and made a show of lighting his pipe, but the match burnt out ineffectually, then he went on. People of Position

In the desultory action that followed, the British troops tried ineffectually to draw the Turks within range of their main position, and a violent sand storm arising in the afternoon, the engagement ended. The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of 8) History of the European War from Official Sources

I tried, weakly and ineffectually, to express my gratitude to her, and at last said: “You may trust me never to abuse your kindness, Miss Hallam.” The First Violin A Novel

This time the wait was longer, and the Americans ineffectually sought to take advantage of it. The Siege of Boston

Their stakes once set, they began to roam, pawing at the earth like prairie-dogs and quite as ineffectually. They of the High Trails

New and sanguinary Laws against Forgery ineffectually enacted. Bygone Punishments

The southern column was directed to carry out the same tactics at Kubri, near Suez, which, as was subsequently shown, they did most ineffectually. The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of 8) History of the European War from Official Sources

In a little time the contest had narrowed down to but two, and they were Herbert Randolph, and the boy who had so ineffectually attempted to drive him away. The Boy Broker Or, Among the Kings of Wall Street

There he also withdrew the two regiments with which he had ineffectually endeavored to sustain his prestige in Salem. The Siege of Boston

If you oppose reason ineffectually to passion or taste, you bring the voice and power of reason into discredit with your pupil. Practical Education, Volume II

The terrors of the law have been for years ineffectually directed against a race of beings called smugglers: yet smuggling is still an extensive, lucrative, and not universally discreditable, profession. Practical Education, Volume I

A white handkerchief ineffectually bound round his arm, but served to shew why he had tried to secure it there. Say and Seal, Volume I

I remembered, too, how vaguely, how timidly and how ineffectually he had endeavoured to warn me of the coming massacre. Hurricane Island

Sir Joseph expostulated ineffectually, and Lord Henry continued: "Still, I am not a reformer," he said. Too Old for Dolls A Novel

She struggled ineffectually a moment and then came the dangerous quietness that waited a chance. Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker

He saw her look and met it, eye for eye, only he still fumbled his chin ineffectually. Seven Miles to Arden

And so effectually did they clear the way—so ineffectually did he protect himself! that the next grasp of Faith's hand was upon his arm. Say and Seal, Volume I

The head of the club naturally comes down with the shoulder and flops ineffectually upon the turf behind the tee, anything from two to nine inches behind the ball. The Complete Golfer

Genius, under such guidance, attains no noble ends; but resembles rather a copious spring, conveyed in a falling aqueduct; where the waters continually escape through the frequent crevices, and waste themselves ineffectually on their passage. The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831

Have not more than fifteen hundred talents been lavished ineffectually on the distressed people of Greece? Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life

First Aid bandages have been not ineffectually applied. The Dop Doctor

Tom, meanwhile, was battling ineffectually with the dog he had attacked, and George turned just in time to see the hound spring savagely at the lad’s throat, and hurl him to the ground. The Voyage of the Aurora

He saw that the old man was fumbling ineffectually in the effort to get at something under his pillow. Juggernaut

Similar opposition was offered at many other points, but ineffectually. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson

After several months of obstinate resistance, the Genoese—whom their republic had ineffectually attempted to relieve by a fresh armament—blocked up in the town of Chioggia, and pressed by hunger, were obliged to surrender. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07

Power slipped for the moment on the death of Canning into the weak hands of Lord Goderich, who tried ineffectually to keep together a Coalition Ministry. Lord John Russell

Waved his arms, thumped his papers; shouted at top of voice; House still howling; Chairman on feet ineffectually protesting. Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, May 27, 1893

A little later, having managed to finish his coffee, he joined his aunt in the boudoir, where he found her ineffectually trying to get a stopper out of a bottle. Juggernaut

The new club swished ineffectually through the reeds. Tales of Space and Time

Though there were many thousand shots fired from the shipping, yet the works were little damaged: those which struck the fort were ineffectually buried in its soft wood. Southern Literature From 1579-1895 A comprehensive review, with copious extracts and criticisms for the use of schools and the general reader

I had some pride in having my rolls signed by the men themselves, but I remember one of my men, however, whom I ineffectually ordered to do this. Reminiscences of two years with the colored troops Personal Narratives of events in the War of the Rebellion, being papers read before the Rhode Island Soldiers and Sailors Historical Society. No. 7, Second Series

Partly stunned by his fall the officer tried ineffectually to rise; then after a while he relaxed and lay motionless in the broiling sun with swarms of mosquitoes buzzing round the prostrate horse and rider. Wilmshurst of the Frontier Force

Still protesting vehemently but ineffectually, the detective was unceremoniously hustled into an ante-room, used since the outbreak of the war as a guard-room for the military in charge of the line. The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War

At this Creed strode to the door, Nancy dragging back on his arm and Buck and Beezy seconding her with all their small might, while Provine spluttered ineffectually in the background. Judith of the Cumberlands

He called on the name of God at that, and tried ineffectually to rise, and tugged frantically at the bandages which bound him. A Sheaf of Corn

In 1538 the Pope, Paul III, published a bull of excommunication and deposition against Henry, and Pole pressed the Emperor vigorously, though ineffectually, to carry the bull into execution. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 09

Or had he blotted it from his mind, as she had endeavoured—ineffectually—to do? Antony Gray,—Gardener

"Let me go!" said Fletcher, struggling violently, but ineffectually, to free himself. In A New World or, Among The Gold Fields Of Australia

The man spluttered and wriggled ineffectually for a few minutes, and then called "Enough!" Nancy McVeigh of the Monk Road

The commission has ended very weakly and ineffectually, as such things in England rather frequently do; and everybody writes to The Times, and nobody does anything else. The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 2, 1857-1870

Weakly and ineffectually the red-coated Han soldiery thrust at them with spears, flailing with their short-swords and knives, or whipping about their ray pistols. The Airlords of Han

The parliament sent commissioners over with the address; but by the time that it was presented the king was virtually recovered, and the matter ended ineffectually. The Political History of England - Vol. X. The History of England from the Accession of George III to the close of Pitt's first Administration

We all have a secret sense of chivalry, that prompts, however ineffectually, to a like devotion. The Approach to Philosophy

Yet his first sensation was one of acute disappointment, which he strove rather ineffectually, to conceal. Hidden Gold

He had protested ineffectually in the name of right. Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography

Her wayward and extravagant habits increased the aversion of the Prince, and produced scandals so serious that Pitt urgently but ineffectually remonstrated with her at her residence in Blackheath. William Pitt and the Great War

The conduct of the government in this matter and in that of the hiring of German troops was strenuously though ineffectually attacked in the British parliament. The Political History of England - Vol. X. The History of England from the Accession of George III to the close of Pitt's first Administration

It is a parody of the Estates of the League which had been ineffectually convoked to make choice of a king. A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II.

Two of Cornay's guns even tried, ineffectually of course, to destroy the transports: Cooke quickly drove them off. History of the Nineteenth Army Corps

He had directed the guns of the batteries to open on the American squadron, but ineffectually, as they were too far off. The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1

“Not while I live, Hardy!” said the dying Nelson, ineffectually endeavouring to raise himself from the bed; “do you anchor.” Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8

The capture embraced, besides, six steamboats—two of them sunk—the gunboat Grampus, carrying two guns, sunk; and the floating battery, carrying nine guns, which the crew had ineffectually attempted to scuttle before abandoning it. From Fort Henry to Corinth

Hardly a day passed but one or more of the men would hear the sharp spang! of a blowgun-driven dart as it slammed ineffectually against his armored back or chest. Despoilers of the Golden Empire

A dagger was handed her, and she stabbed herself ineffectually in hysteric haste. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8

Ranulph ineffectually attempted to push him backwards; and, shaking away the grasp that was fixed upon his collar, seized his brother's wrist, so as to prevent the accomplishment of his purpose. Rookwood

A man was trying most ineffectually to hold him, but it seemed as if in another minute he would come plunging into the seat with them. Marcia Schuyler

After catching three or four they grew suspicious, and I changed my lure for an artificial minnow, and with it I had better success, though I have often tried it in Western trout-streams ineffectually. Lippincott's Magazine, Volume 11, No. 26, May, 1873

The man followed, ineffectually attempting to coax the dog to give up the bag. Stories of Animal Sagacity

After searching his pockets once more ineffectually for the lost silver, he presented me his own gold pencil instead, and requested me to say why I “cursed him in French?” Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver

"Villain!" gasped Hugh, ineffectually struggling to free himself, "you will not murder me?" Rookwood

His voice rose faintly, almost ineffectually contending against the sounds of the insects. Sacrifice

He got water and tried to make her drink it—ineffectually—he filled a hot water bottle and brought it in, and then thought better of it. I've Married Marjorie

At the same time he ineffectually urged Maghallanes to return to Lisbon, alleging that his resolution to abandon Portuguese citizenship required the sovereign sanction. The Philippine Islands

Can the younger Tavannes have been misled by the hypocritical representations with which she once and again attempted ineffectually to deceive the reformers when they appealed to her to put an end to the persecutions? History of the Rise of the Huguenots Vol. 1

She had endeavored ineffectually to check Latisan’s outburst, understanding fully the interlocking perils involved in the promulgation to Crowley that the drive master was going back to his work. Joan of Arc of the North Woods

Wherefore I am not indignant that the Greeks are growing impatient by their curved ships; but still it would be disgraceful both to remain here so long, and to return ineffectually. The Iliad of Homer (1873)

A vision of streets, populous, and full of movement, but half-invisible in a pea-soup haze, through which the gas that takes the place of daylight most ineffectually glimmers. Recollections With Photogravure Portrait of the Author and a number of Original Letters, of which one by George Meredith and another by Robert Louis Stevenson are reproduced in facsimile

"Not while I live, Hardy," said the dying Nelson, ineffectually endeavoring to raise himself from the bed: "do you anchor." The Best of the World's Classics, Vol. V (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland III

After peering against it ineffectually for a while she took off the three-cornered hat and proceeded to undo her work of the day before, removing the pins and letting down the rim. The Wrong Woman

Again he searched his own thoughts; nor ineffectually as before. A Simple Story

My friend Mr Carles was a kind and indulgent companion, bearing good-naturedly with my boyish pranks, and cautioning me, of course ineffectually, against running into danger. Hudson Bay

Declamation will find its echo in vacant places: it beats ineffectually on the well-furnished mind. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection

The poor little thing was wrapped in a very coarse and prickly goat-hair cloth, and its mother was patting its back to stop its cries, quite ineffectually, as you may well imagine. Southern Arabia

Sometimes, indeed, I feebly, but ineffectually, endeavoured to stem the torrent; at others, I suffered myself to be borne along with all its fatal rapidity. Frank Mildmay Or, the Naval Officer

So much effort ineffectually expended, so much labour lost. The Secret of the Island

Arguments, however, and protests struck ineffectually against the solid wall of Grenville's established purpose. Benjamin Franklin

Their place can now only be ineffectually supplied, as in the present instance, by the observations of later travellers over the familiar ground, and of inferior gleaners in the same still prolific field. The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan

Gould had fired, indeed, though ineffectually, but Sir Harry had a brace. Dr. Jolliffe's Boys

Doyle spoke remarkably well, and made a violent attack on Mr. Canning's friends, which Gaskell did his best to answer, but very ineffectually from the nature of the case. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859

It was striking fiercely but rather ineffectually, because of its constrained position, at his boot, while its tail part was coiled tightly about his boot leg. The Cruise of the Nonsuch Buccaneer

His wound, however, told upon him at last, and I eventually succeeded in dragging him back to the deck, though not until after he had ineffectually emptied his pistol at me. The Congo Rovers A Story of the Slave Squadron

Lord George Murray, meantime, had returned to his native country, where he was presented to George the Second, and solicited, but ineffectually, a commission in the British army. Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III.

In 1538 the Pope, Paul the Third, published a bull of excommunication and deposition against Henry, and Pole pressed the Emperor vigorously though ineffectually to carry the bull into execution. History of the English People, Volume III The Parliament, 1399-1461; The Monarchy 1461-1540

Happy bleated in fright and distress, trying ineffectually to ward off his attacker. Rebels of the Red Planet

I see the world trying to quench and kill them; I know too well that I often do the same ineffectually. Daily Thoughts selected from the writings of Charles Kingsley by his wife

His eyes closed and he struck out wildly and ineffectually. The Boy Land Boomer Dick Arbuckle's Adventures in Oklahoma

She wrestled ineffectually with her handkerchief against the cold in the head from which she had always suffered. Jill the Reckless

But before that, they accomplished what had been ineffectually tried by the poet of Beowulf, the poet of Roland; they found an adequate form of heroic narrative. Epic and Romance Essays on Medieval Literature

Complaining, one day, to Dudley North, that he was a martyr to rheumatism, and had ineffectually tried every remedy for its relief, "Pray, my lord," said he, "did you ever try a clean shirt?" The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings

They strove earnestly but ineffectually to trace the necklace. The Queen's Necklace

For a time I struggled vainly to recover the lost connection of my thoughts, and I endeavoured ineffectually to address myself to sleep. The Uncollected Writings of Thomas de Quincey, Vol. 2 With a Preface and Annotations by James Hogg

Throughout his boyhood he struggled rather ineffectually against his Hyde, who made him kill roosters, buy cakes on credit, go on forbidden expeditions by land and sea, and shamefully neglect his lessons. Essays on Scandinavian Literature

These gentlemen, moreover, represented the three great parties which had ineffectually opposed the sectionalism of the so-called "Republicans." The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government

A person who had often teased another ineffectually for subscriptions to charitable undertakings, was one day telling him that he had just seen his picture. The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings

Overland Red dropped and rolled to one side as the constable's gun boomed ineffectually. Overland Red A Romance of the Moonstone Cañon Trail

She perceived that Miss Chancellor had withdrawn herself, and, closing her eyes, she mused, ineffectually, on the mystery she had not grasped, the peculiarity of Basil Ransom's relations with her hostess. The Bostonians, Vol. II (of II)

Both are superficially and externally conceived; and nothing so conclusively demonstrates it as the extreme ineffectually of the moments of contrast with which Strauss has attempted to relieve the dominant mood of his work. Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers

Lady Glencora yawned, and strove lustily, but ineffectually, to hide her yawn in her handkerchief. Can You Forgive Her?

We wish we could publish a list of the moneys which have been squandered in the last 40 years in amateur draining, either ineffectually or with very imperfect efficiency. Draining for Profit, and Draining for Health

At the Place de la Bastille, returning, he got into a cabriolet alone and searched ineffectually along the Rue Rivoli for a companion who would ride with him. Bohemian Days Three American Tales

"Oh, Cora, I wouldn't say that," the other ineffectually wailed; then they moved toward the door, and a moment later it had closed on them. The Fruit of the Tree

Out in the drowsy thoroughfare a sprinkling-cart jarred heavily past, spurting ineffectually at the yellow dust which rose perversely under its baptism and surged beneath the awnings of the shops. The Henchman

She strove, therefore, to be triumphant on his behalf, but she knew that she was striving ineffectually. Can You Forgive Her?

Several times the charge was renewed, but ineffectually. Both Sides the Border A Tale of Hotspur and Glendower

The Germans have made a routine of their attacks, always making them at night and always ineffectually. The New York Times Current History: the European War, February, 1915

Yet an eyeless orb is yearning ineffectually to thee. The Poems and Fragments of Catullus

The notion, indeed, was no child of the nineteenth century which fathered it so ineffectually. Shakespeare and the Modern Stage with Other Essays

"Not while I live, Hardy," said the dying Nelson, ineffectually endeavouring to raise himself from the bed: "do you anchor." The Ontario Readers: Fourth Book

Eventually it began to rain, and she went below and sat in the saloon, trying, quite ineffectually, to ease her torment of suspense with a book. The Swindler and Other Stories

Le Rossignol ineffectually squirmed and kicked, raging at the spectacle she made for laughing women and soldiers. The Lady of Fort St. John

They did so, but I immediately repented having summoned him, and endeavored, but ineffectually, to get out of his way when he arrived. Stories of Achievement, Volume III (of 6) Orators and Reformers

Two days previously he was exposed in the saddle, for several hours, to cold and snow, and contracted acute laryngitis for which he was ineffectually treated in the primitive manner of the period. The Life of George Washington, Vol. 5 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States

He endeavoured, but ineffectually to turn the attention of the colonists to the culture of silk. The Life of George Washington, Vol. 1 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States

Some of the cabins were ineffectually whitewashed, but none of them were so uncleanly within as the outside prophesied. A Chance Acquaintance

I walked to and fro, gazing at the objects which presented themselves; and, involved in perplexity, I knocked with my heel louder than ever; but no less ineffectually. Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793

If two tanks were to meet in a duel, would they try to ram each other after ineffectually rapping each other with their machine guns? My Second Year of the War

The herald, a man not much in love with war, stood cowering and trembling before his adversary, seeking to cover himself with his weapon, but, from his trembling hold, ineffectually. The Days of Bruce Vol 1 A Story from Scottish History

At the same time, the générale was ineffectually beat in the streets; the old guard itself, now reduced to a few platoons, remained dispersed. History of the Expedition to Russia Undertaken by the Emperor Napoleon in the Year 1812

Cassidy tried ineffectually to follow it, but the droning of the voices and the steady hum of the flies around the beer lees on the bar made him sleepy. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 31, No. 1, May 1908

Having exhausted all my expedients ineffectually, I was compelled to turn my weary steps once more to Medlicote's lodgings. Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793

At last I felt as if someone were trying, rather ineffectually, to remove the sack itself. Romance

Tugging ineffectually at the beast, he ran out to the kitchen, calling upon everybody to take off that mad cat that was killing him. Two Knapsacks A Novel of Canadian Summer Life

"Help me, please!" she gasped, then her voice broke despondently, but she never ceased to tug ineffectually at Chamberlain, trying to drag him out of the mass of wreckage. The Runaway Skyscraper

Here he drew a deformed hat over his forehead, and let fly a moist projectile; which, instead of taking effect in a box of saw-dust, expanded ineffectually upon the face of a female dog-iron. The Adventures of My Cousin Smooth

My imagination was incessantly pursued by the image of this youth, perishing alone, and in obscurity; calling on the name of distant friends, or invoking, ineffectually, the succour of those who were near. Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793

The Americans protested vigorously but ineffectually against this practice. History of the United States

"Not while I live, I hope, Hardy," cried Nelson, and for a moment endeavored, ineffectually, to raise himself from the bed. The Life of Nelson, Volume 2 The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain

We find Hervey, and Walker, and Adam all expostulating with Wesley on his irregularities, and endeavouring to persuade him, though quite ineffectually, to submit to Church discipline and listen to the commands of Church rulers. The English Church in the Eighteenth Century

I turned from him in disgust, and, after ineffectually tapping my arm for a few moments, he went back to his wheel. Jacqueline of Golden River

Vacuous bland countenances, indicative merely of pious mildness, surround you, reaching perhaps their highest point of meek ineffectually in Bissolo. A Wanderer in Venice

She stopped unwillingly, her hand fidgeting ineffectually to be free. The Safety Curtain, and Other Stories

"Not by a—by a—" gasped the Cap'n, seeking ineffectually for some phrase to express his ineffable disgust. The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul

They laboured not ineffectually in securing to reason that established position without which no religious system can maintain a lasting hold upon the intellect as well as upon the heart. The English Church in the Eighteenth Century

She uttered a little, gasping cry, and struggled wildly and ineffectually in his grasp. Jacqueline of Golden River

She stamped at his foot with her bare one ineffectually. Square Deal Sanderson

Ranlett had tried ineffectually to get to the private car, having for his object the interviewing of the vice-president, but there had been curious obstructions. The Honorable Senator Sage-Brush

As he still continued to gasp ineffectually, Mr. Nute drove on, leaving him standing by the roadside. The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul

She raised her eyes and gave him one quick look, half entreaty, half command; he seemed ineffectually struggling to speak,—to thank her. The Deserter

Thus, paralysis has its counterpart in the defects of recollection, where the utmost endeavour to remember is ineffectually exerted. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2

She strove, ineffectually, to speak; her words came forth in broken murmurs; her voice had sunk into a sigh; she was dumb. Guy Rivers: A Tale of Georgia

That was enough to make him dress hurriedly and hasten to the street, where he found a handful of policemen trying ineffectually to keep a clear pavement for the racing fire-trucks. The Honorable Senator Sage-Brush

"You're not out yet, you young hound," rejoined Quilt, striving ineffectually to burst open the door. Jack Sheppard A Romance

Struggling frantically but ineffectually, she uttered a maniacal scream. The Eternal Maiden

She had forced the end of her kerchief against her lips to stifle the sound, but ineffectually. The Grey Cloak

There was a look from his eyes of most vacant and elevated beatitude; a simper sat upon his lips, which parted ineffectually with the speech that he endeavored to make. Guy Rivers: A Tale of Georgia

Going to the hotel, Blount shut himself into a telephone booth and tried, ineffectually, to get a long-distance connection with Wartrace Hall. The Honorable Senator Sage-Brush

Time and again wolfish Idumean soldiers who were numerous about the place noted the pair and commented to one another or spoke insolently to the shrinking girl who hid ineffectually behind her veil. The City of Delight A Love Drama of the Siege and Fall of Jerusalem

She saw his strength giving out in that unequal struggle, saw his arm frenziedly but ineffectually beating the water, saw his head disappear . . . for longer and still longer periods . The Eternal Maiden

Still in the door upstairs was the old man—stern of face, save that far back in his eyes a kind spirit seemed to strive ineffectually. The Seeker

He tried ineffectually to reach the levee; then the current whirled him away. The Day of the Beast

Notwithstanding that he was a rascal, there was an inextinguishable glamour about the man against which the bolts of truth, history, letters, biographers broke ineffectually. A Splendid Hazard

The Supply having ineffectually swept for her anchor till the morning of the 10th, she made sail for Port Jackson at ten o'clock in the forenoon. An Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island

He would not invite the inspection of the laity into a disease which, without their assistance, he had not the strength to encounter; and his incipient reformation died away ineffectually in words. The Reign of Henry the Eighth, Volume 1 (of 3)

Against rather than into that impenetrable enmeshment of rain, the glow dispersed itself ineffectually. Success A Novel

Off the mouth of the Humber they ineffectually manoeuvred with a view of drawing out a king's frigate, reported to be lying at anchor within. Israel Potter

I found a spirit that I did not like there, a sort of mental deadness and ineffectually. Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative

Rose had a smile of tender pity for the memory of the girl who had struggled so ineffectually and yet with such heart-breaking earnestness to break the filaments of the web they'd spun around her. The Real Adventure

"I guess so," said the Duke, trying ineffectually to mimic his friend. Doctor Claudius, A True Story

I have been long very deeply, though perhaps ineffectually, engaged in the preliminary inquiries, which have continued without intermission for some years. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 02 (of 12)

An occasional convolvulus drowned in dust straggled in weary clinging grace by the roadside—a pathetic symbol, he reflected, of the pale refined irrelevant women who fade ineffectually beside the highways of life. Balloons

All this while the North has been resisting, feebly and ineffectually, this succession of Southern aggressions. Narrative of the Life of J.D. Green, a Runaway Slave, from Kentucky Containing an Account of His Three Escapes, in 1839, 1846, and 1848

The Franco-Spanish fleet which had assembled at Cadiz was occupied ineffectually in trying to stop small reliefs reaching Gibraltar and in covering their own homeward-bound trade. Some Principles of Maritime Strategy

On coming to the town of Urribarracuxi, he used every possible endeavour to prevail upon that cacique to enter into friendship, but quite ineffectually. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 05 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time

He jabbed ineffectually at the earth with the mattock, using a short tight blow with a half-arm movement. The Brimming Cup

Objections were found against all these plans, as they had been ineffectually tried by various members of the club. The Knights of the White Shield Up-the-Ladder Club Series, Round One Play

There were even now all these people—these Legitimists—sneering ineffectually; shutting themselves away from the light in their mournful houses and suffering horribly because everything that they stood for had gone under. The Inheritors

I strained all I could at the door, but ineffectually. Uncle Silas A Tale of Bartram-Haugh

Three days were ineffectually spent in searching for some way to pass onwards, Soto being always among the foremost to go out upon discovery. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 05 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time

"Nay," said Marchdale; "look again; he seems to be trying to keep them back, although ineffectually, for they will not be stayed." Varney the Vampire Or the Feast of Blood

A new Viceroy had just arrived in Ireland, and he attempted to cut off his retreat ineffectually. An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800

She had to apologize for not shaking hands with him, because her fingers were covered with paint that had been hastily but ineffectually wiped off on a rag before she answered his knock. Different Girls

Stern conservatives like Cato opposed all these innovations and scepticisms, but ineffectually. Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology

They explained the object of their visit, but pleaded and remonstrated ineffectually. Lippincott's Magazine Of Popular Literature And Science Old Series, Vol. 36—New Series, Vol. 10, July 1885

Knowledge of Irish history cannot be expected in an English Minister, still less in an English soldier; but it could have taught him how often and how ineffectually that recipe had been applied. John Redmond's Last Years

He tried ineffectually to cleanse his daughter's face. The Golden Scarecrow

For this reason, Alkibiades from the very outset opposed the peace, but ineffectually at first. Plutarch's Lives Volume III.

Now that I saw what Viola was capable of, I began to feel some sympathy with her people at Canterbury who had tried so ineffectually to hold her in. The Belfry

He strove ineffectually to materialize the portrait, but it eluded him. Max

The unity which Nature only strives after, blindly, furiously, ineffectually; the unity barely reached by the serene and luminous processes of Thought—the artist achieves it with one stroke. The Divine Fire

He expected Julius, and he looked on the man whom he had followed on the crowded pavements some weeks before,—the man whom the police had long sought for ineffectually! Master of His Fate

He had been endeavoring, ineffectually, to arrange for an issue of bonds, redeemable at the close of the war, in order to facilitate the victualing of the troops. The Downfall

Ah! if my paper were a cloth of gold, and my pen in moving traced characters of diamond and pearl, yet any words which speak of you would be ineffectually honoured by such transcription! Saracinesca

Had he not ineffectually tried to delay execution the night before, thereby puzzling and half-offending his grandfather? Marcella

Seeing the poor fellow was insensible, they endeavored, ineffectually, to revive him; and at last, placing him in their canoe, made all haste for the shore. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I

And then, just how he never knew, he had the ball snuggled under his chest, the quarter ineffectually seeking a hold on it! Left Tackle Thayer

Again Lapoulle struck ineffectually, with no other effect than to destroy an ear of the wretched creature, that threw back its head and gave utterance to a loud, shrill scream. The Downfall

It seemed like Laocoon struggling ineffectually in the hideous coils of the monster Python. Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists

I have examined all the various works on extinct and dormant baronetcies ineffectually. Notes and Queries, Number 44, August 31, 1850

The Church tried ineffectually to eradicate it, but in various sects it kept sprouting forth beyond the time of Erigina and Bonaventura, its mediaeval advocates. A Series of Lessons in Gnani Yoga

The two former prelates, though they struggled with vehemence and raised considerable tumults by their opposition, yet they struggled ineffectually, both for want of strength, and likewise on account of a variety of unfavourable circumstances. The Freethinker's Text Book, Part II. Christianity: Its Evidences, Its Origin, Its Morality, Its History

Learning that a fleet was on its way from Bahrayn for Keyshom with a reinforcement of men and provisions, Albuquerque endeavoured ineffectually to intercept it. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 06 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time

Inez was ineffectually struggling to release herself from the hands of the familiars that detained her, when suddenly she saw Don Ambrosio before her. Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists

And never,—be it noticed,—never is he more thoroughly conscious of being a slave to himself, than when he thus ineffectually aspires and wishes to be delivered from himself. Sermons to the Natural Man

As it was very inconvenient to lose so many good hands, Captain Clipperton took measures for recovering them, but ineffectually. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 10 Arranged in systematic order: Forming a complete history of the origin and progress of navigation, discovery, and commerce, by sea and land, from the earliest ages to the present time.

To sharpen his diatribes the worthy captain was in the habit of straining ineffectually after epigrams. The Philanderers

Sometimes, indeed, I feebly, but ineffectually endeavoured to stem the torrent; at others, I suffered myself to be borne along with all its fatal rapidity. Frank Mildmay Or, The Naval Officer

Not less than thirty emus or cassowaries were seen at different times; but it so happened that they were fired at only once, and that ineffectually. A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1

There were the Tithes Bill and the Land Purchase Bill, ineffectually struggled over last Session, and finally abandoned. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, December 20, 1890

They endeavored ineffectually to persuade the passengers to join them, that they might descend in the strength of numbers and union. The First White Man of the West Life and Exploits of Col. Dan'l. Boone, the First Settler of Kentucky; Interspersed with Incidents in the Early Annals of the Country.

His fingers fumbled with excitement and fell to strapping and buckling with a great show and a great ineffectually. Every Soul Hath Its Song

Again was the whip applied, but ineffectually; the unfortunate slave was unable to rise. Lander's Travels The Travels of Richard Lander into the Interior of Africa

He tried for some days to touch at Norfolk Island, but ineffectually, being prevented by easterly winds. An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Volume 1 With Remarks on the Dispositions, Customs, Manners, Etc. of The Native Inhabitants of That Country. to Which Are Added, Some Particulars of New Zealand; Compiled, By Permission, From The Mss. of Lieutenant-Governor King.

He leaned towards her, trying ineffectually to see her face. The Way of an Eagle

During the advance of the royalists, the enemy kept up a constant fire of their artillery, but altogether ineffectually, as all their balls flew too high. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 04 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time

She sprang about, fumbling in her purse for a coin, but with difficulty, because through the hot blur of her tears she could only grope ineffectually. Every Soul Hath Its Song

In the chamber the usual smell of ether, the remedy so often ineffectually administered during the period of my lethargic attacks. Miriam Monfort A Novel

“So I thought; but Father Geronimo says that at the best it was but heretical baptism, and belike hastily and ineffectually performed.” A Reputed Changeling Or Three Seventh Years Two Centuries Ago

The afternoon was ineffectually spent in searching for an anchorage, the pinnace and one of the cutters having been sent inshore for that purpose. Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. to Which Is Added the Account of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition for the Exploration of the Cape York Peninsula. By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist to the Expedition. — Volume 1

I was surprised to recognise by their foliage, to-day, some fine mulberry trees, by Jones's Creek; perhaps they are the remains of the silk-worm experiment that Mr. C—— persuaded Major —— to try so ineffectually. Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation 1838-1839

Prompted by a love of historical investigation, he was led to make researches into this mine—a task hitherto largely unattempted or ineffectually prosecuted. The Poets and Poetry of Cecil County, Maryland

For this ruin was once a shrine too, that his mean hands and sterile soul did try most ineffectually to build up as a shelter for all that was ever worthy in him. A Roman Singer

But the people having searched the whole day ineffectually, returned to the ships in the evening without finding them, or hearing any thing of them. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 03 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time

Their eyes dragged slowly and ineffectually along the lines to the signature. The Grandissimes

"I must have taken the wrong road," he repeated ineffectually. The Long Shadow

Later, as Bud surveyed himself in the glass, trying ineffectually to dodge the barber's persistent whisk-broom, he decided that he did look a bit funereal. Jim Waring of Sonora-Town Tang of Life

We passed several large sting-rays asleep on the surface of the sea, which our people ineffectually endeavoured to harpoon. Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 2

They were here ineffectually opposed by sixty natives, one of whom was made prisoner to give them some information of the country, and to learn Spanish. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 03 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time

A large rat, having fallen into the big tin bath, was making bids for freedom by ineffectually leaping up the slippery sides. A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil

He came to engage them to dine with him the next day, having already ineffectually endeavoured to obtain them for permanent guests. Venetia

His heart beat rapidly, and he turned away his head to avoid the fond but keen scrutiny of her eyes,—at the same time gently, but ineffectually, attempting to free his hand. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 16, February, 1859

They mocked and derided the tender flame that she had nourished, which now glowed ineffectually as in another, a greater light. Madcap

Even now she tried, ineffectually, to keep him outside all that concerned that part of her life. From out the Vasty Deep

Along the trench was a series of tiny shelters scooped out of the bank, built up with sand-bags, covered ineffectually with wet, shiny, waterproof ground-sheets. Action Front

We knocked again, much more loudly, and called, but still ineffectually. Martin Hewitt, Investigator

"Not while I live, Hardy," said the dying Nelson, ineffectually endeavouring to raise himself from the bed; "do you anchor." MacMillan's Reading Books Book V

Then her face contorted itself like a child's, ineffectually struggling to keep back tears, and she broke down, weeping. Mary Wollaston

"What are you about to do?" gasped Rochester, struggling ineffectually to get free. Old Saint Paul's A Tale of the Plague and the Fire

On the other hand, to do what you ought, is the ready way to make Calumny either silent or ineffectually malicious. The Spectator, Volume 2.

The irresolute fingers fluttered more and more ineffectually about the trembling lip on every such occasion, and the sharpest practitioners gave him up as a hopeless job. Little Dorrit

"Not while I live, Hardy," said the dying Nelson, ineffectually endeavouring to raise himself from the bed: "Do you anchor." The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson

He knew that his giant muscles could not part the many strands that bound his wrists and ankles, for he had strained often, but ineffectually for release. Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar

She, also, received me with kindness, and strove, like Mrs. Buscot, to comfort me, and, like her, ineffectually. Old Saint Paul's A Tale of the Plague and the Fire

Count up your injuries, in its side-dishes of ailing sweetbreads in white poultices, of apothecaries’ powders in rice for curry, of pale stewed bits of calf ineffectually relying for an adventitious interest on forcemeat balls. The Uncommercial Traveller

Against the private wars of the Barbarians, their bloody tournaments, licentious love, and judicial duels, the popes and synods might ineffectually thunder. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 5

And this abuse, which placed their hasty decisions on the same level with mature and deliberate acts of legislation, was ineffectually condemned by the sense and example of Trajan. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4

The place was ineffectually attacked seven days; and the Imperial army supported, in a precipitate retreat, the ignominy of purchasing a secure passage from the freebooters and outlaws of the Alps. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 3

The truce of God, so often and so ineffectually proclaimed by the clergy of the eleventh century, was an obvious imitation of this ancient custom. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1

Down the winding road before him shone the dull gleam of an oil lamp, the one faint, lonely light that struggled ineffectually with the foggy darkness all round him. Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices

But the Roman people adhered to the cause of Gregory: their resolution was fortified by supplies of men and money from Apulia; and the city was thrice ineffectually besieged by the king of Germany. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 5

No action could be colder, haughtier, more insolent in its air of supremacy and disrespect, but she had struggled against even that concession ineffectually, and it was wrested from her. Dombey and Son

The loss of armies, the destruction of cities, and the dishonor of the Roman name, ineffectually solicited the successors of Gratian to restore the helmets and the cuirasses of the infantry. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 3

After a pause I repeated my call, but no less ineffectually. Wieland: or, the Transformation, an American Tale

They had tried ineffectually to converse on various subjects, and always the thing uppermost in the mind of each had caused the conversation to lapse. Tarzan of the Apes

Both my sister and myself have endeavoured to correct his vices, but ineffectually. David Copperfield

But this ingenious author was afterwards frightened with the boldness of his own conclusions, and in the subsequent editions of his work endeavoured ineffectually to explain away what he had said. Thoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions and Discoveries Interspersed with Some Particulars Respecting the Author

Suppose he stopped all her allowance, made it imperative that she should either stay ineffectually resentful at home or earn a living for herself at once.... Ann Veronica, a modern love story

"You let me alone!" said Jonas, struggling ineffectually in his grasp. The Errand Boy

Of all the economists M. Dunoyer has most energetically embraced the positive side of competition, and consequently, as might have been expected, most ineffectually grasped the negative side. System of Economical Contradictions; or, the Philosophy of Misery

Instantly each of us was seized by five women, each holding arm or leg or head; we were lifted like children, straddling helpless children, and borne onward, wriggling indeed, but most ineffectually. Herland

Nevertheless, she was all the time conscious of one strong desire, from which her conscience shrank as from a crime; and she wrestled ineffectually with her weakness until her weakness prevailed. Tales from Two Hemispheres

The adoption of episcopal insignia by abbots was followed by an encroachment on episcopal functions, which had to be specially but ineffectually guarded against by the Lateran council, A.D. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28

She analyzed a cardinal-flower and showed him what he had wanted to know all summer—why the bees buzzed ineffectually around it while the humming-birds found in it an ever-ready feast. Freckles

While he loitered ineffectually here, Coligny Smith, four miles away, might be doing his plans the irremediable injury. Captivating Mary Carstairs

Why passed the syllables now coldly and ineffectually across the heart they could not penetrate? Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 327, January, 1843

If the emotion is intense enough for the creation of poetry at all, it will inevitably call up the intellectual power necessary to its shaping, otherwise it would be ineffectually diffused. The Lyric An Essay

He leaned over Graham, who for the first time struggled furiously but ineffectually with his bonds. The Pawns Count

So inconsiderate and eager were my desires, that I endeavoured to obtain apartments in the same house; but ineffectually, they were all let. The Adventures of Hugh Trevor

What saves him are attacks of the kind which M. de Broglie ineffectually made yesterday in the Senate…. Memoirs of the Life and Correspondence of Henry Reeve, C.B., D.C.L. In Two Volumes. Volume II.

Her small hands grasped at the breadth of his shoulders ineffectually. The Trespasser

He again tries, ineffectually, to void his urine. The Dog

He has almost disgusted me with myself, for having, though ineffectually, endeavoured to aid him so well. Anna St. Ives

The party all voted for the play, except Olivia, who observed their inclination to riot, and ineffectually attempted to persuade them to return. The Adventures of Hugh Trevor

She was such a frank, honest girl, that malign tongues might assail her indeed, but ineffectually. Camps, Quarters, and Casual Places

The porter was asleep, and for nearly ten minutes we heard voices within, male and female, ineffectually endeavouring to persuade the heavy-headed Cerberus to relinquish his keys. Life in Mexico

There was a prairie dog village on the bottom, and, in the endeavor to unearth one of the little animals, we labored ineffectually in the tough clay until dark. The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources

He went to his tent bunk early, in a state of such utter dejection that Renmark felt sorry for him, and tried ineffectually to cheer him up. In the Midst of Alarms

By this I learned, in five words, what, before the play began, my brain had been ineffectually busied about for a full hour. The Adventures of Hugh Trevor

He was stutteringly nervous; and there were some evidences that he had been ineffectually striving to mitigate his nervousness by the consumption of his namesake. Camps, Quarters, and Casual Places

"Yes, I know," said the little man ineffectually, "but I don't want scrip." The Gray Dawn

Lord Oldborough, after fixing his interrogating eyes upon him ineffectually, receiving no explanation, seemed to come a little to his recollection, and condescended to say, "Captain Percy, I believe!—your commands with me, Captain Percy." Tales and Novels — Volume 07

Mad. de Rosier did not, like Mrs. Grace, repeat ineffectually, fifty times a day—"Master Herbert, don't touch that!" Tales and Novels — Volume 01

I then attempted to bring him back to the manuscript; but ineffectually: he seemed determined to say no more. The Adventures of Hugh Trevor

According to the legend, whilst he was erecting the basilica, the people toiled ineffectually to move the pillars to their destined place. In Troubadour-Land A Ramble in Provence and Languedoc

He found that he had ineffectually tried to drive his nails into the boiler plate, until his fingers' ends were sore. The Face and the Mask

It had cramped her into a narrow groove wherein to struggle would only have been to injure herself ineffectually. The Heavenly Twins

Delore left the room as softly as he had entered it, and the doomed men tried ineffectually to cry out as they heard the key turning in the door. Revenge!

June 21, 1871.—The international socialism of the ouvriers, ineffectually put down in Paris, is beginning to celebrate its approaching victory. Amiel's Journal

He, poor fool, endeavoured by every means to allay her ruffled temper, always ineffectually. In Troubadour-Land A Ramble in Provence and Languedoc

When she recognized Polycarp, she tried ineffectually to sit up. Lonesome Land

Roldan now issued such remonstrances as had often been ineffectually addressed to himself. The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus (Volume II)

Outside were excited voices, and some one flung himself ineffectually against the stout locked door. Revenge!

They made a resolute stand on the further side of a narrow deep-cut ravine, to dislodge them from which effort after effort was ineffectually made. The Afghan Wars 1839-42 and 1878-80

He allowed that he had talked with you ineffectually on that subject. Jane Talbot

His mouth and chin were negative, or at the most provisional; not vulgar, doubtless, but ineffectually refined. A Passionate Pilgrim

Finding the threat insufficient, he endeavored to entice these two natives on board his vessel, by promises of payment, but ineffectually. Journal of an African Cruiser

When he was ten years old he had read standard works, and at twelve is stated to have struggled, ineffectually perhaps, with Newton's Principia. Steam, Steel and Electricity

Major Scott of the 44th made appeal on appeal, ineffectually, to the soldierly feelings of his men, and while they would not move the sepoys could not be induced to advance. The Afghan Wars 1839-42 and 1878-80

The minister jogged down instantly to Davie's in his sulky, slapping the lines vigorously, if ineffectually, over the back of his brown mare, which understood, with a truly feminine insight, his perplexity before her character. Life at High Tide

He has plenty of intelligence, some artistic gifts, charm, and an abundant kindliness, yet he achieves nothing, either in work or in love, and in the end fades ineffectually out of the story. The Precipice

A search was made, but ineffectually; and next day the boat was found floating bottom uppermost, stove in, and bearing the appearance of having been dashed against rocks. The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders

Then as she hauled ineffectually at the bridle with all her strength there came from behind her the sound of a long, shrill whistle. The Sheik

The policy of that great family had latterly been rather to attach this wild tribe by kindness than to follow the mode of violence which had been hitherto ineffectually resorted to. Rob Roy — Volume 01

His dream was of a woman who came to him, having a tongue that tried ineffectually to speak, squinting eyes, feet whose distortion drew her towards the earth, stumps of hands, and a pallid face. Stories from the Italian Poets: with Lives of the Writers, Volume 1

I fumbled idiotically and ineffectually with the key, and all the time I stared, with a fear that was like insanity, toward the Barriers. Carnacki, the Ghost Finder

The Portuguese endeavoured, but ineffectually, to conciliate the natives, and to remove the angry prejudices which they entertained. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 02 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time

Our men at first, while their strength was fresh, resisted bravely, nor did they cast any weapon ineffectually from their higher station. "De Bello Gallico" and Other Commentaries

Margaret would certainly not sing at Mr. Van Torp's wedding, and she even tried to say so, but her voice only bubbled and sputtered ineffectually through the soap and water. The Primadonna

Mr. Tutt turned to Doc with an air of ineffectually striving to master his righteous indignation. Tutt and Mr. Tutt

The ideas and propositions of rhetoric would most ineffectually reach an audience if they were not made vivid. Rhetoric and Poetry in the Renaissance A Study of Rhetorical Terms in English Renaissance Literary Criticism

On this subject three days were spent ineffectually in messages between the zamorin and the admiral, as the Moors used every influence to prevent any friendly agreement. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 02 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time

We could see the pilot looking calmly down at our uncovered gun, and our men trying, ineffectually and belatedly, to take cover. With British Guns in Italy A Tribute to Italian Achievement

Efforts at resistance were subsequently, but ineffectually, made in other parts of Aragon, and in Valencia and Catalonia. The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 2

Some of those that were excluded indignantly though ineffectually remonstrated against this abuse. The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 1

She wrestled ineffectually with her handkerchief against the cold in the head from which she always suffered. The Little Warrior

Each one of the five had shot ineffectually at the brute, which seemed to bear a charmed life. Woman on the American Frontier A Valuable and Authentic History of the Heroism, Adventures, Privations, Captivities, Trials, and Noble Lives and Deaths of the "Pioneer Mothers of the Republic"

He was shifting feebly and ineffectually, with the vain instinct to escape from pain. With British Guns in Italy A Tribute to Italian Achievement

The alarm was raised; the country searched in all directions, but ineffectually, during a fearful tempest. Mrs. Shelley

Then did Isaac weep continuously, noisily, but ineffectually for, on the morrow, to the synagogue he went. Little Citizens

Sniffling and wiping ineffectually at her face with the back of her forearm, she examined the sharp scythe, and considered how pitiful and inept a fighter she must portray to any animal. Si'Wren of the Patriarchs

单词	ineffectually
例句	ineffectually Roy Lee leapt to his feet and flailed ineffectually at his attacker. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Lying tangled up on top of each other, they all drank but Nately, who kept groping ineffectually for the door handle. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Lee stood up in front of him, his tiny fists doubled ineffectually, his stance and position so silly that he began to laugh. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I folded my arms, ineffectually trying to cover my bare, bloody chest. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Lieutenant Scheisskopf’s wife screamed suddenly, and began beating him ineffectually about the head with both fists. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z As they kissed she was pulling at his clothes, plucking ineffectually at his shirt, his waistband. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The blow almost missed its target, finally brushing Janza’s jaw ineffectually. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Dumb with pain and horror, I watched as Orange Juice thumped the hyena ineffectually and pulled at its hair while her throat was being squeezed by its jaws. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z As he watched the bird dipped again slanting his wings for the dive and then swinging them wildly and ineffectually as he followed the flying fish. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z It was worn smooth by ages of weather and didn’t have any handholds to speak o£ I slid to the ground, my hands scrabbling ineffectually. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z His father tried, ineffectually, to intervene, but this time Moni was beaten up viciously, with a gashed lip and a wound in his forehead that precipitated a visit to the hospital. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z “Oh, dear,” sighed Major Danby, and began dabbing ineffectually at his careworn brow with a folded white handkerchief. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z But because it flopped, it's actually sort of poignant, like watching an old man ineffectually waving his fist as they concrete the duckpond and put up a Nando's. Django Unchained, Djack Whitehall and Djames Delingpole 2013-01-13T20:00:00Z I invariably find myself speechless as I try, ineffectually, to brush her off. Carolyn Hax: What’s in a name? None of your business. 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z As Mary ineffectually attempts to convey “Legends of the Fall” by making flailing waterfall-like motions in the general vicinity of her midsection, the two youngest girls provide a stream of mortifying guesses. ‘Eligible,’ Curtis Sittenfeld’s Update of Jane Austen 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z At home Lynn struggles ineffectually, but at least kindly, to contain the ruin of her child's life. In Liana Liberato We 'Trust': A 14-Year-Old's Harrowing Turn Elevates Tale of Pain and Pedophilia 2011-03-31T20:35:00Z In one scene Helen ineffectually tries to persuade him not to drive to the supermarket when he’s drunk. ‘Burning Cane’ Review: Poverty and Despair in Rural Louisiana 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z "Sorry about that," she says, dabbing at it ineffectually. Maxine Peake: 'People go to therapy. I've got a hoover' – interview 2013-03-24T00:02:01Z Bridges is holding his guns in the air like some sort of fairy, plus look how ineffectually he's biting on that strap. True Grit trailer shootout: John Wayne v the Coen brothers 2010-10-06T09:08:00Z That’s what the whole dance does: flow on attractively, if ineffectually. Review: Bent by the Pandemic, the Graham Company Dances On 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z The fourth season sees them attempting to embrace their heroic side – clumsily and ineffectually, but they're trying! – to stop a world-ending horde known as . . . the Butts. Is the new DC Studios regime the apocalypse that "Doom Patrol" can't survive? 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z This consists of two red brooms, their handles extended into several sections that dance disjointedly and ineffectually, like deranged serpents, above scatterings of paper. Art in Review: JEAN-PIERRE GAUTHIER: Recent Work 2011-06-16T22:00:28Z With only one hand to defend myself I slap ineffectually, trying to kill them against the rock or my body. An adrenaline-starved adventure traveler looks back at five close calls 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z Remember, his presidential campaign was marked by a long succession of artists telling him ineffectually not to use their music. The stars won’t do the presidential inauguration? Hand it to the family Von Trump 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z Mann starts to cry, mopping ineffectually at her face with the tissue. Leslie Mann: 'If I don't have a creative outlet, I implode' – interview 2013-02-16T22:00:02Z From time to time I rant ineffectually against what I feel is a growing tendency of Americans to give their newborns idiot names. Gene Weingarten: The name shame of Axl, Anakin, Arya ... 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z Intermittently beautiful but frustratingly leaden, “Shutterbug” labors ineffectually to promote authenticity over artifice. Movie Review \| 'Shutterbug': Photographer, Camera, Subjects 2010-03-19T04:02:00Z Most of the gentry seemed to fold ineffectually after they were discovered. Kit Harington Isn’t Trying to Compete With ‘Game of Thrones’ 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z It was time, after all, for the President to model the ideals for which he’d so strenuously—and, in the end, it must be said, ineffectually—argued. Obama’s Lessons, Unlearned 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z I’m suffering from migraine-associated vertigo, and only the treatment my neurologist is already pursuing, however ineffectually, can help. Life with migraines: ‘It feels like a creature is pushing itself through my skull’ \| Anna Altman 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z But Mr. Andò flows ineffectually back and forth between the brothers, making elegant use of some Verdi but less so of Mr. Servillo. ‘Viva la Libertà,’ a Comedy Starring Toni Servillo 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z He just simpered and whined ineffectually, then fell under the sway of the Faith Militant’s leader – whom he should be opposing. Terrible teens on TV: the brats that need to grow up 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z And poor Sascha Radetsky resorted to stomping around ineffectually as Paris, before his perfunctory murder in the crypt on the way to the ballet’s main death event. Dance Review: Herman Cornejo in Ballet Theater?s ?Romeo and Juliet? 2010-07-06T21:27:00Z The Biden administration has taken a very hard line on China — much harder in practice than former President Donald Trump, who talked tough but mostly flailed around ineffectually. Why is China’s economy stumbling? \| Paul Krugman 2023-08-13T04:00:00Z Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused the International Atomic Energy Agency on Sunday of ineffectually policing Iran's nuclear activities and suggested the U.N. watchdog risked becoming politicised and irrelevant. Pro-Ukraine group of Russian partisans says will give captives to Kyiv 2023-06-04T04:00:00Z Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused the International Atomic Energy Agency on Sunday of ineffectually policing Iran's nuclear activities and suggested the U.N. watchdog risked becoming politicised and irrelevant. McCarthy lauds debt US ceiling deal, House conservatives divided 2023-06-04T04:00:00Z The implication is that direct compensation would be ineffectually sprinkled among families. Opinion \| Reparations should include funding for high-quality early education 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z That raises the threat that central banks will overly tighten the brakes on the economy, as they push ineffectually against a string “and essentially fall into a damaging policy mistake,” Rieder said. Stocks tumble after inflation worsens, raising rate fears 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z Most robot vacs that also mop put most of their power into vacuuming, and the mopping portion is more about ineffectually dragging a wet towel over your floor. Roomba j7 Plus vs. Samsung Jet Bot AI Plus review: here’s what to expect when shit happens 2022-01-17T05:00:00Z The difference between those organizing at the local level to shape democracy and those raging ineffectually about democratic backsliding — myself included — reminds me of the old line about war: Amateurs talk strategy; professionals talk logistics. Opinion \| Steve Bannon Is On to Something 2022-01-09T05:00:00Z They employ them fitfully and therefore often ineffectually. America's fate looks bleak: Will it be oligarchy or autocracy? 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z On the right, the inevitable excesses of those efforts will be opposed, but more weakly and ineffectually because of what just happened, what conservatism’s relationship to fantasy just wrought. Opinion \| How Trump Made the Fantasy Real 2021-01-09T05:00:00Z Another front dispatch today said the front was comparatively, and almost ominously, quiet today with each side thrusting tentatively and ineffectually at opposing defenses . AP WAS THERE: Battle of the Bulge, 1944 2020-12-21T05:00:00Z So we see Trump and his team flailing about ineffectually with thin legal threats that would require corrupt, partisan judges to overturn thousands of votes in multiple states to award him a victory. America's relationship with the world: Now with less terror and incoherence 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z I called, but the chatter of echoes drowned out even the buzz of the drones who flit amid the piles of boxes, brushing dust ineffectually from surfaces into the musty air. Murder at the Tesseract House 2020-05-19T04:00:00Z Other international institutions are also thrashing about, mostly ineffectually. Leaderless, lacking and late: a global plan to fight coronavirus is desperately needed 2020-04-11T04:00:00Z To each of these increasingly brazen attacks, all occurring during the administration of President Bill Clinton, the national security state responded ineffectually. Judgment day for the national security state 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z In addition, the show desperately but ineffectually wants viewers to be interested in the undercover work of blond white cop C.G. Netflix’s Wu Assassins series lacks the Hong Kong cinema magic 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z I swat ineffectually at my forehead, nose, ears. I studied factory farms for years. Visiting one was far worse than I imagined 2019-04-20T04:00:00Z Online abuse is the focus of significant feminist activism these days, as social media platforms flail ineffectually against a torrent of cyber-misogyny. Casual sexism creates victims. We should acknowledge that and police it \| Libby Brooks 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z The police march through, poking ineffectually at the drug-dealers’ empty stalls. In Anarchic Corner of Copenhagen, Police and Dealers Play Cat and Mouse 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z Police march through, poking ineffectually at the drug dealers’ empty stalls. In anarchic corner of Copenhagen, police and dealers play cat and mouse 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z Indian courts issued warrants for his arrest, and the police tried, ineffectually, to track him down. The staggering rise of India’s super-rich 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z Nonetheless, at least the Obama administration understood it was dealing with a humanitarian crisis and made some effort to mitigate the problem, however ineffectually. Trump and Sessions’ border policy is a nightmare — and that was the idea all along 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z For Trump, who had campaigned loudly, but ineffectually, for the repeal, the defeat jeopardized an entire legislative agenda. The week the wheels fell off in Trump's Washington 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z The demonstrators – including older men and young women – were left bloodied, battered and bruised, while Washington police officers attempted ineffectually to stop the violence. 'Wholly unacceptable': Erdoğan urged to discipline bodyguards after violent clash 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z The Democrats bear responsibility for years of compromise and muddle; they floundered ineffectually while their rivals strategised with brilliance. We could’ve avoided President Donald Trump. Now, we must learn the lessons \| Rebecca Solnit 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z Evidently, the White House felt compelled to respond, however ineffectually, to charges that the United States is complicit in Saudi war crimes. The United States’ bloody alliance with Saudi Arabia 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z The US dabbled ineffectually in helping the rebel cause, hobbled by uncertainty over the groups it was dealing with. Obama's legacy: the promises, shortcomings and fights to come 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z Ameer Riley, the defensive coördinator, watched a defensive back lunge ineffectually at the M.V.P. Can Technology Make Football Safer? 2017-01-01T05:00:00Z Coffman was elected to Congress in 2008 with 61 percent of the vote, replacing Tom Tancredo, a firebrand who that year ineffectually ran for president as a scourge of illegal immigrants. A Republican worth voting for 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z Here's the difference: Democrats try to win elections, however ineffectually, by encouraging voters to vote for Democrats. Critics Say North Carolina Is Curbing Black Vote. Again. 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z Monnin lost large swaths of her late 20s, from 27 on, doing legal battle with Trump, or more accurately, trying ineffectually to navigate the maze of legalese he threw in her way. The Miss USA hopeful sued by Trump: 'There are ways to stand your ground' 2016-09-04T04:00:00Z Federal troops, aided by a handful of Secret Service agents and U.S. marshals, intervened episodically but ineffectually. In the U.S., who has the monopoly on force? 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z As he tried to cross it, his machine bogged down and began to sink, its snow track spinning ineffectually. An Insurance Salesman and a Doctor Walk Into a Bar, and End Up at the North Pole 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z For months, the self-contained former Florida governor responded ineffectually to an opponent who flouted all the norms. The Clinton dynasty survives, while the Bush dynasty is routed 2016-02-21T05:00:00Z Mostly they all just sparred ineffectually with one another leaving Trump untouched. The bizarre, rage-filled spectacle of another GOP debate: Why Republican militarism has never been so incoherent 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z The bill's passage was never in doubt and left the conservative insurgents in the familiar position of wailing ineffectually. The Establishment Strikes Back 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z As happened in the 1930s, we will see weak, goody-goody international bodies wagging their finger ineffectually at strong, nasty nationalist regimes. The Middle-Class Squeeze 2015-09-25T04:00:00Z Some officers used their batons while others resorted, bravely but ineffectually, to wielding fire extinguishers which they found at the scene. Weaponised 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z Most of them were ineffectually marked with orange spray paint that all but faded away in the fog and the on-and-off rain that marked the day. Tour de France 2014: Vincenzo Nibali Sizes Up Remaining Competition 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z Doctors are historically ill-prepared to address the problem of obesity — with a tendency either to ignore it, or to ineffectually wag an admonishing finger. Perspective: Obesity is not a disease 2014-04-16T17:21:59.050Z For practical purposes, the commission's more important proposal is to abolish the feeble "approved persons regime" the Financial Services Authority operated ineffectually for a decade. Tyrie report: now lock up the banksters 2013-06-18T23:41:26Z Thereafter, Wolves pressed ineffectually in search of an equaliser. Luton Town 1-0 Wolves 2013-01-05T17:15:40Z Most fall ineffectually into the sea or onto substrates not conducive to germination. Scientist at Work Blog: Hawaii's Delicate Web of Life Started With Lava 2012-06-12T17:55:56Z “Seven white yawls rocked idly and ineffectually at anchor in Tampa Bay today, in perfect harmony with the New York Mets at bat, in the field and on the mound,” he wrote. On 50-Year-Old Tape, Sounds of Mets? Awkward First Steps 2012-03-10T04:06:36Z After the British had thoroughly, though ineffectually, searched the house, and failed, by many threats, to persuade the mistress to disclose the hiding place of the others, they demanded her silver. Noble Deeds of American Women With Biographical Sketches of Some of the More Prominent 2012-03-10T03:00:13.687Z The Pulse is small and irregular, the Patient exceedingly dejected, and frequently swooning; afflicted with inexpressible Anguish, Convulsions, a deep Drowsiness, and continual Efforts to go to Stool, or make Urine, but ineffectually. Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health 2012-03-10T03:00:11.780Z None of them reached the line of prostrate riflemen who were still blazing away ineffectually at the walls and blockhouses. Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo 2012-03-07T03:00:16.567Z And Benny, left alone, whimpered aloud and tugged ineffectually at the knots which held him captive in his chair. Bruce of the Circle A 2012-03-06T03:00:27.120Z "Not while I live, I hope, Hardy!" cried the dying chief, endeavoring ineffectually to raise himself from the bed. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z Those of them who had loaded calivers ran along the quay, firing ineffectually at the moving vessel. With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z "If this be so, it is not well to encourage the observance of landscape, any more than other ways of dreamily and ineffectually spending time?" Modern Painters. Vol. III (of V) Containing Part IV. Of Many Things 2012-02-20T03:00:15.843Z Putting his hand down, and ascertaining that they had been tampered with, he endeavoured, ineffectually, to pull the bands off; he did not notice that I could slip the chain-rings off. The Iron Furnace Slavery and Secession 2012-02-14T03:00:24.963Z After escaping the perils in his numerous combats, he is vanquished by Death, whom he ineffectually resists. The Dance of Death Exhibited in Elegant Engravings on Wood with a Dissertation on the Several Representations of that Subject but More Particularly on Those Ascribed to Macaber and Hans Holbein 2012-02-02T03:04:33.900Z At the same time, when the authorized absurdities were perpetrated upon Oliver’s body, every effort was ineffectually made to discover that of King Charles, for the purpose of paying to it the highest honors. Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z A hostile crowd had collected, but George took no heed of anyone; not even the Wallower in Wealth who sought ineffectually to obtain possession of the musical box by force and without payment. A Drake by George! 2012-01-09T03:00:22.163Z He said a Shiite-dominated police brigade that is part of the central government was responsible, because the roadside bomb that struck his car, ineffectually, was set 50 yards from one of the brigade’s watch towers. U.S. Leaving Iraqi Comrades-in-Arms in Limbo 2011-12-14T00:48:28Z Poor Fenn was engulfed almost to his shoulders, and was struggling ineffectually to get out. Bart Keene's Hunting Days or, The Darewell Chums in a Winter Camp 2011-12-11T03:00:12.153Z On the day in question he dropped a fountain pen, and spent some moments in burrowing ineffectually under seats in search of it. The Whirligig of Time 2011-11-04T02:00:23.063Z He did so, but ineffectually, for no one bought it. The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. I (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors 2011-10-25T02:00:28.357Z But he was by no means insensible to feminine charm, and Neaera had not ineffectually aired her graces for his benefit. The Woman Who Vowed The Demetrian 2011-10-24T02:00:18.500Z Helpless as he was, the man struggled to prevent this, though, of course, ineffectually. Chronicles of Martin Hewitt 2011-10-24T02:00:16.617Z Four year later, in October 1312, the Emperor Henry VII. lay sick in the Abbey, while his army ineffectually besieged Florence. The Story of Florence 2011-10-20T02:00:24.237Z But the operation was so ineffectually performed that Andronicus retained a measure of sight, and was even able to venture on a second rebellion against his father. The Byzantine Empire 2011-10-16T02:00:16.630Z After ineffectually endeavouring to compose herself, she arose, and hastily robing herself—a task she performed with no little difficulty, her fingers being almost useless—continued to pace her narrow chamber. Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason 2011-10-15T02:00:27.517Z The bill fluttered ineffectually down to the floor halfway between us. Test Pilot 2011-09-21T02:00:37.513Z She had taken off my ruined silk hat and unfastened my white bow and collar, and was bending over me solicitously, fanning my face ineffectually, now with my own hat, now with her hand. The Debit Account 2011-09-21T02:00:33.753Z Nuñez bawled again, and then once more, and as he gestured ineffectually the word "blind" came up to the top of his thoughts. The Strand Magazine, Volume XXVII, Issue 160, April, 1904 2011-09-21T02:00:33.023Z He could not, notwithstanding his terror, recede; nay, he tried ineffectually to fix the ray on the very thing that thrilled him through every nerve. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 21 2011-09-09T02:01:06.280Z From every window ineffectually shuttered came beams of light; chimneys were smoking, and the savor of roast meats gave cheer to the streets. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z He fought in that strange campaign of 1359-60, which began with such magnificent preparations, but ended so ineffectually. Chaucer and His England 2011-09-01T02:00:19.940Z Running to overtake it, Smith found that the young woman was still trying, ineffectually, to free herself. The Real Man 2011-07-29T02:00:28.280Z She had a recorded I.Q. of 172, but Mr. Sloan’s script makes that point ineffectually, mostly by showing her as a fan of the New York Times crossword puzzle. \| New Jersey: The Dumb Blonde With an I.Q. of 172 (No Joke) 2011-07-23T02:42:49Z She was in the most wretched frame of mind, ineffectually struggling to fall asleep. Yekl A tale of the New York ghetto 2011-07-13T02:00:17.480Z The young Queen was enduring all the torments of jealousy, and disguised them ineffectually by attempting to smile at her husband, whom she adored as a pious woman of infinite kindness. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z They had the true Southern pride in wealth and position; and the hand of the daughter had already been sought, however ineffectually, by scions of the best families in and about the Monumental city. The Coward A Novel of Society and the Field in 1863 2011-07-08T02:00:16.223Z And, as before, an attempt of that, or any other kind like that, is better unmade than ineffectually made. Reasons against the Succession of the House of Hanover with an Enquiry How far the Abdication of King James, supposing it to be Legal, ought to affect the Person of the Pretender 2011-07-07T02:00:26.913Z The growing unease in Washington about America's wars reflects a dawning sense of genuine crisis, a sneaking suspicion even among hawkish Republicans that they preside ineffectually over a great power in precipitous decline. Does Obama idolize the military? 2011-06-30T15:01:00Z I have begged for months to be released from that dungeon, but ineffectually. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 2011-06-29T02:00:23.750Z He found his handkerchief and began laboriously and ineffectually to smear his face with it, with the sole result of spreading the colour instead of removing it. Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z My husband ineffectually endeavoured to sound these trumpets; none but the stentorian lungs of the vigorous Mandschis could give them breath. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z The vertical propellers answered instantly to his touch, but they beat the air ineffectually: the airship absolutely refused to rise. King of the Air Or, To Morocco on an Aeroplane 2011-06-17T02:00:22.043Z Freed of these drawbacks, his oratory might well, one could not but feel, have rolled in any of our legislative chambers more superbly and just as ineffectually as much of the other oratory therein practised. The Secret of Lonesome Cove 2011-06-07T02:00:12.563Z I dwelt immediately on the measures which I had hitherto ineffectually pursued to trace her footsteps, and detailed the grounds of my present belief that we should meet in London. Ormond, Volume III (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:21.807Z Objection was ineffectually raised that his Royal Highness had also his income as Commander-in-Chief and General Officer, and it might have also been added, his pensions and his income as Prince Bishop of Osnaburg. The Impeachment of The House of Brunswick 2011-05-31T02:00:34.353Z In 1781, an imperial squadron once more appeared in the Caspian, and endeavoured, but ineffectually, to make some military settlements on the Persian coasts. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z Cornelius pressed me to his heart, and tried to hush away my grief, but ineffectually. Daisy Burns (Volume 1) 2011-05-20T02:00:34.097Z He would secrete himself, and merely look once more at the face he had striven ineffectually to forget, and she should never suspect his presence. A Speckled Bird 2011-05-06T02:00:09.097Z Every one tried, but ineffectually, to cheer and comfort the other, but the task was hopeless. Heroines That Every Child Should Know Tales for Young People of the World's Heroines of All Ages 2011-05-04T02:00:19.257Z Women screamed as rough and seemingly hostile hands were laid upon them; men, red and inarticulate with anger, attempted ineffectually to resist. The Girl from Alsace A Romance of the Great War, Originally Published under the Title of Little Comrade 2011-04-23T02:00:05.477Z "What does this outrage mean?" screamed the doctor, after ineffectually endeavoring to release himself. Final Proof or the Value of Evidence 2011-04-20T02:00:19.580Z By means of this faculty, man is able, darkly perhaps but not ineffectually, to grope his way towards an understanding of reality. Religion and Science From Galileo to Bergson 2011-04-07T02:00:16.760Z When she carried the brandy to his door, the hand that grasped it was icy, and the other tugged ineffectually at his white tie. A Speckled Bird 2011-05-06T02:00:09.097Z Napier tried ineffectually enough to shield her from a man with a note-book, volleying questions. The Messenger 2011-03-26T02:00:14.523Z I strove hard, but ineffectually, to convince them that Napoleon's death had made all thought of empire impossible. The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 or The Foundation of the French Republic, A Tale of The French Revolution 2011-03-21T02:00:09.090Z The Americans opened fire upon the fort, and for four days ineffectually hammered the walls with cannon-shot. Vermont A Study of Independence 2011-03-17T02:00:13.130Z Fighters shot randomly — and ineffectually — into clear skies, sirens howled and two ambulances speeding from the hospital crashed into each other. Qaddafi Forces Bear Down on Strategic Town as Rebels Flee 2011-03-11T11:09:25Z Time passed sadly in seeking ineffectually for employment. Famous Men of Science 2011-03-08T03:00:49.717Z One man complained of the rebels' inexperience, as a fighter fired an automatic weapon ineffectually at a warplane. A million Libyans need aid as UK, France seek no-fly zone 2011-03-08T02:33:12Z I tried - rather ineffectually - to push him away, but he was insistent. Jungle dress code 2011-03-05T12:02:52Z I tried ineffectually to make out his bent from his physiognomy. My Unknown Chum 2011-03-01T03:00:38.307Z Like a swarm of ants the air mechanics scattered right and left to avoid—in many cases ineffectually—the gigantic falling firebrand. Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War 2011-02-24T03:01:02.917Z The translator tried ineffectually to shoo them away. Reporting While Female 2011-02-19T22:25:01Z She experienced moments of revolt, when she cried out passionately but ineffectually against an influence which would compel her to elevations rarer than the atmosphere of her everyday, easy-going pleasure-taking life. The Westerners 2011-02-14T03:00:39.347Z His utmost skill was ineffectually tried to prevent a general overturn. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z And the large blonde tried ineffectually to look severe. In the Van; or, The Builders 2011-02-09T03:00:42.387Z The rabble sound was coming down the hall as ineffectually two attendants clung to the ponderous Bengali, mad with his affliction. The Three Sapphires 2011-02-07T03:00:24.770Z He saw the stroke coming, but, in the attitude where my former blow had forced him he could parry but ineffectually. A Maid of the Kentucky Hills 2011-02-04T03:00:15.877Z And she gently but ineffectually tried to press him down. The Invisible Censor 2011-01-29T03:00:20.267Z Someone turned out the sputtering gas jet that had ineffectually illuminated the dress tent. Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z And we go on ineffectually organizing municipal leagues, good government clubs, and citizens' unions to this hopeless end. Twentieth Century Socialism What It Is Not; What It Is: How It May Come 2011-01-17T03:00:51.213Z He perceived that she could not express the actuality; that her thoughts had winged ineffectually about the immovable disorder—like bees over the clumsy corpse of a rodent in the hive. She Buildeth Her House 2011-01-04T03:01:05.167Z The doctor's coarse gray hair exhaled a faint scent where brilliantine, ineffectually, had played a minor part, and in some mysterious way it added to the other's annoyance. The Man with the Double Heart 2010-12-21T22:55:56.757Z Carter ineffectually boycotts the Olympics while Reagan wins the Cold War. Jimmy Carter: Worst. American. Ever! 2010-08-16T21:11:00Z Meanwhile, Mrs Brandon lifted the wasted form in her arms, and bore it to a couch, where she strove ineffectually to restore animation. By Birth a Lady He appeared as a poet in 427 B.C., and having indulged in some sarcasms on the powerful demagogue Cleon, was ineffectually accused by the latter of having unlawfully assumed the title of an Athenian citizen. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli For she had given to this world--this piteous world for which she had labored clumsily and ineffectually in alien ways--the best thing that the woman has to give. The Preliminaries And Other Stories She added this with a quick glance that ineffectually attempted to gauge the guest's tastes and powers of appreciation. The Gambler A Novel To which we must add a large allowance for waste, or thermal mechanical and chemical energy ineffectually dissipated in and above the vents. The Eruption of Vesuvius in 1872 "You say you wanted the masons, sir," said Keane, opening the door, where he had been endeavoring, but ineffectually, to catch the clew of Linton's words. Roland Cashel Volume I (of II) It appears, however, from the following letter, that this privilege had already been reduced to one such language, and that Longfellow was at once found remonstrating against it, though at first ineffectually. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Far better is it for the vocalist to do a little well than to do much ineffectually. Great Singers on the Art of Singing Educational Conferences with Foremost Artists A convulsive movement passed over his fine youthful features, as if tears were ineffectually struggling to escape. On the Heights A Novel She interceded with great generosity, but ineffectually, for Monmouth the same year. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" One or two street lamps of an antiquated pattern flickered ineffectually. The Gray Mask Against this stone wall the efforts of organisations like the British "Union of Democratic Control" break ineffectually. American World Policies His designs had failed, whatever they might have been, and he ended his great career struggling ineffectually to conjure back into the vase the spirit which he had himself let loose. The Divorce of Catherine of Aragon The Story as Told by the Imperial Ambassadors Resident at the Court of Henry VIII I now proceed with Article II of the Manifesto, which he states to be "the peaceful methods which we have ineffectually used for redress." Junius Unmasked or, Thomas Paine the author of the Letters of Junius and the Declaration of Independence On the spot I had to be on it; and it began to dawn before me that there was something quite other I possibly might do with Mrs. Server than endeavour ineffectually to forget her. The Sacred Fount Not ineffectually either, but the sheer weight of the heavy muscular brute had hurled him flat. Haviland's Chum Dimly discernible, yes, backed into a corner and no longer mistress of her own house, though ineffectually trying to assert herself above a determined leadership. Young Wallingford After a cold and uncomfortable supper, we crept into our den, soon after the genial sun had left us, and endeavoured, by every means our ingenuity could suggest, but ineffectually, to keep ourselves warm. Narrative of a Journey to the Summit of Mont Blanc Anderson was rolling, twisting about, striving ineffectually to wriggle loose. The Auto Boys' Mystery It appears, however, that he and his companions were misled by appearances, and that the Patriot was engaged with the British sloop for two hours, and twice attempted to board her, but ineffectually. History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia The said Frank, having shouted ineffectually for one of the boys, presumably away on some other business, was helping Jan to outspan. Aletta A Tale of the Boer Invasion The shock and cold, above all the horrible sense of suffocation, started him struggling as madly and ineffectually as Trexler had done a moment before. Under Boy Scout Colors While Bell was ineffectually struggling in this direction, a few men in Boston, who had been interested by the exhibition before the Boston Academy, determined to give the telephone a thorough test. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 5 July 1906 "What may be the gross amount, Se�hor?" said the banker, trying, but very ineffectually, to look at his ease. Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas The party was ineffectually fired at from Gloucester Point, and returned on the same day to Williamsburg. History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia In the English and French bourgeois revolutions the same cry was heard and died away ineffectually. Landmarks of Scientific Socialism "Anti-Duehring" The gallant gelding floundered ineffectually for a footing, fell directly in the path of the infuriated beast, and threw his rider over his head. The Song of the Wolf Friends ineffectually tried to procure him a pension. Oliver Goldsmith Amelia, still thinly clad above and ineffectually baking herself, made him irrationally want to get away from fires. Old Crow Whereupon Nim fairly turned tail, and fled ignominiously, after having ineffectually discharged a piece of timber, javelin-wise, at his enemy. Cedar Creek From the Shanty to the Settlement Father and I remonstrated ineffectually, at first pleadingly and then in anger. The Mermaid of Druid Lake and Other Stories “Very well,” said Helen, and went on with her low lullaby, which Tommy stoutly, but ineffectually, attempted to join. Our Young Folks—Vol. I, No. II, February 1865 An Illustrated Magazine for Boys and Girls So much against his will had the affair occurred, that he had repeatedly but ineffectually commanded his men to desist. History of the Rise of the Huguenots Volume 2 According to agreement, the cow was sent, and the Duke, who happened to be en déshabille, and walking in the avenue, espied a little fellow ineffectually attempting to drive the animal to its destination. Gossip in the First Decade of Victoria's Reign Perhaps Robert had detected the odour of rum, ineffectually concealed by the fragrance of a smoking pill, more frequently than merely after dinner, and seen the sad shadow on his daughter's face, following. Cedar Creek From the Shanty to the Settlement To illustrate: A law promulgated by a prince or the authorities of a city, if not enforced, remains merely an open letter, which makes a demand indeed, but ineffectually. Epistle Sermons, Vol. III Trinity Sunday to Advent Since then we have again ineffectually exchanged cards, and yesterday I received an invitation to her house, so that I suppose we shall finally become acquainted with each other. Records of Later Life Jason Bolt, a minor partner in the business by virtue of some money he had put into it at a critical period in its early development, had protested mildly and ineffectually. The Monk of Hambleton Mrs. Verstage intervened ineffectually; and when night arrived the youth made a bundle of his clothes and left the house, with the resolve not to return to it so long as his father lived. The Broom-Squire Sheilah was conscious but still disorganized and limp, struggling weakly and ineffectually. High Dragon Bump I have ineffectually searched all the various biographical dictionaries to that of the Rev. H. J. Notes and Queries, Number 217, December 24, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. He drew his pistol and fired ineffectually at the great bird-like ship which was rising almost noiselessly into the air. Astounding Stories, February, 1931 In Bill's prisoner, as he stood there twitching ineffectually against that obstinate hold, breathing loud, shakily settling his clothes, we had, robe for robe, cap for cap, a duplicate Emperor of China! The Million-Dollar Suitcase It fitted out a fleet of nine ships to aid King Alfred defeat the Danes, and its vessels ineffectually endeavored to intercept the Normans when they landed near Hastings. England, Picturesque and Descriptive A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel Having collected these discordant elements around him, the Dean withdrew from the unequal contest, and hovered, smiling ineffectually, on the outskirts of his little chaos. Audrey Craven Now he opened on Tom Hargus, bringing his horse down at the third shot, swung about and emptied his first gun ineffectually at the other man. The Duke Of Chimney Butte “Colonel,” he asked, with a significance he tried ineffectually to subdue, for all subterfuge was difficult to his straightforward nature, “may I ask for what purpose that uniform was borrowed?” The Bondwoman Genius, under such guidance, attains no noble ends, but resembles rather a copious spring conveyed in a falling aqueduct, where the waters continually escape through the frequent crevices, and waste themselves ineffectually on their passage. Scientific American magazine Vol 2. No. 3 Oct 10 1846 The Advocate of Industry and Journal of Scientific, Mechanical and Other Improvements She thought that she struggled for some time to prevent him so doing, but quite ineffectually, and that, being struck down by him and rendered insensible, he thereupon gained ingress to the mansion. Clairvoyance But they came up slowly and ineffectually, ponderous things he could scarcely lift. Vulcan's Workshop He paused again and made a show of lighting his pipe, but the match burnt out ineffectually, then he went on. People of Position In the desultory action that followed, the British troops tried ineffectually to draw the Turks within range of their main position, and a violent sand storm arising in the afternoon, the engagement ended. The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of 8) History of the European War from Official Sources I tried, weakly and ineffectually, to express my gratitude to her, and at last said: “You may trust me never to abuse your kindness, Miss Hallam.” The First Violin A Novel This time the wait was longer, and the Americans ineffectually sought to take advantage of it. The Siege of Boston Their stakes once set, they began to roam, pawing at the earth like prairie-dogs and quite as ineffectually. They of the High Trails New and sanguinary Laws against Forgery ineffectually enacted. Bygone Punishments The southern column was directed to carry out the same tactics at Kubri, near Suez, which, as was subsequently shown, they did most ineffectually. The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of 8) History of the European War from Official Sources In a little time the contest had narrowed down to but two, and they were Herbert Randolph, and the boy who had so ineffectually attempted to drive him away. The Boy Broker Or, Among the Kings of Wall Street There he also withdrew the two regiments with which he had ineffectually endeavored to sustain his prestige in Salem. The Siege of Boston If you oppose reason ineffectually to passion or taste, you bring the voice and power of reason into discredit with your pupil. Practical Education, Volume II The terrors of the law have been for years ineffectually directed against a race of beings called smugglers: yet smuggling is still an extensive, lucrative, and not universally discreditable, profession. Practical Education, Volume I A white handkerchief ineffectually bound round his arm, but served to shew why he had tried to secure it there. Say and Seal, Volume I I remembered, too, how vaguely, how timidly and how ineffectually he had endeavoured to warn me of the coming massacre. Hurricane Island Sir Joseph expostulated ineffectually, and Lord Henry continued: "Still, I am not a reformer," he said. Too Old for Dolls A Novel She struggled ineffectually a moment and then came the dangerous quietness that waited a chance. Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker He saw her look and met it, eye for eye, only he still fumbled his chin ineffectually. Seven Miles to Arden And so effectually did they clear the way—so ineffectually did he protect himself! that the next grasp of Faith's hand was upon his arm. Say and Seal, Volume I The head of the club naturally comes down with the shoulder and flops ineffectually upon the turf behind the tee, anything from two to nine inches behind the ball. The Complete Golfer Genius, under such guidance, attains no noble ends; but resembles rather a copious spring, conveyed in a falling aqueduct; where the waters continually escape through the frequent crevices, and waste themselves ineffectually on their passage. The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831 Have not more than fifteen hundred talents been lavished ineffectually on the distressed people of Greece? Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life First Aid bandages have been not ineffectually applied. The Dop Doctor Tom, meanwhile, was battling ineffectually with the dog he had attacked, and George turned just in time to see the hound spring savagely at the lad’s throat, and hurl him to the ground. The Voyage of the Aurora He saw that the old man was fumbling ineffectually in the effort to get at something under his pillow. Juggernaut Similar opposition was offered at many other points, but ineffectually. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson After several months of obstinate resistance, the Genoese—whom their republic had ineffectually attempted to relieve by a fresh armament—blocked up in the town of Chioggia, and pressed by hunger, were obliged to surrender. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 Power slipped for the moment on the death of Canning into the weak hands of Lord Goderich, who tried ineffectually to keep together a Coalition Ministry. Lord John Russell Waved his arms, thumped his papers; shouted at top of voice; House still howling; Chairman on feet ineffectually protesting. Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, May 27, 1893 A little later, having managed to finish his coffee, he joined his aunt in the boudoir, where he found her ineffectually trying to get a stopper out of a bottle. Juggernaut The new club swished ineffectually through the reeds. Tales of Space and Time Though there were many thousand shots fired from the shipping, yet the works were little damaged: those which struck the fort were ineffectually buried in its soft wood. Southern Literature From 1579-1895 A comprehensive review, with copious extracts and criticisms for the use of schools and the general reader I had some pride in having my rolls signed by the men themselves, but I remember one of my men, however, whom I ineffectually ordered to do this. Reminiscences of two years with the colored troops Personal Narratives of events in the War of the Rebellion, being papers read before the Rhode Island Soldiers and Sailors Historical Society. No. 7, Second Series Partly stunned by his fall the officer tried ineffectually to rise; then after a while he relaxed and lay motionless in the broiling sun with swarms of mosquitoes buzzing round the prostrate horse and rider. Wilmshurst of the Frontier Force Still protesting vehemently but ineffectually, the detective was unceremoniously hustled into an ante-room, used since the outbreak of the war as a guard-room for the military in charge of the line. The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War At this Creed strode to the door, Nancy dragging back on his arm and Buck and Beezy seconding her with all their small might, while Provine spluttered ineffectually in the background. Judith of the Cumberlands He called on the name of God at that, and tried ineffectually to rise, and tugged frantically at the bandages which bound him. A Sheaf of Corn In 1538 the Pope, Paul III, published a bull of excommunication and deposition against Henry, and Pole pressed the Emperor vigorously, though ineffectually, to carry the bull into execution. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 09 Or had he blotted it from his mind, as she had endeavoured—ineffectually—to do? Antony Gray,—Gardener "Let me go!" said Fletcher, struggling violently, but ineffectually, to free himself. In A New World or, Among The Gold Fields Of Australia The man spluttered and wriggled ineffectually for a few minutes, and then called "Enough!" Nancy McVeigh of the Monk Road The commission has ended very weakly and ineffectually, as such things in England rather frequently do; and everybody writes to The Times, and nobody does anything else. The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 2, 1857-1870 Weakly and ineffectually the red-coated Han soldiery thrust at them with spears, flailing with their short-swords and knives, or whipping about their ray pistols. The Airlords of Han The parliament sent commissioners over with the address; but by the time that it was presented the king was virtually recovered, and the matter ended ineffectually. The Political History of England - Vol. X. The History of England from the Accession of George III to the close of Pitt's first Administration We all have a secret sense of chivalry, that prompts, however ineffectually, to a like devotion. The Approach to Philosophy Yet his first sensation was one of acute disappointment, which he strove rather ineffectually, to conceal. Hidden Gold He had protested ineffectually in the name of right. Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography Her wayward and extravagant habits increased the aversion of the Prince, and produced scandals so serious that Pitt urgently but ineffectually remonstrated with her at her residence in Blackheath. William Pitt and the Great War The conduct of the government in this matter and in that of the hiring of German troops was strenuously though ineffectually attacked in the British parliament. The Political History of England - Vol. X. The History of England from the Accession of George III to the close of Pitt's first Administration It is a parody of the Estates of the League which had been ineffectually convoked to make choice of a king. A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. Two of Cornay's guns even tried, ineffectually of course, to destroy the transports: Cooke quickly drove them off. History of the Nineteenth Army Corps He had directed the guns of the batteries to open on the American squadron, but ineffectually, as they were too far off. The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1 “Not while I live, Hardy!” said the dying Nelson, ineffectually endeavouring to raise himself from the bed; “do you anchor.” Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8 The capture embraced, besides, six steamboats—two of them sunk—the gunboat Grampus, carrying two guns, sunk; and the floating battery, carrying nine guns, which the crew had ineffectually attempted to scuttle before abandoning it. From Fort Henry to Corinth Hardly a day passed but one or more of the men would hear the sharp spang! of a blowgun-driven dart as it slammed ineffectually against his armored back or chest. Despoilers of the Golden Empire A dagger was handed her, and she stabbed herself ineffectually in hysteric haste. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 Ranulph ineffectually attempted to push him backwards; and, shaking away the grasp that was fixed upon his collar, seized his brother's wrist, so as to prevent the accomplishment of his purpose. Rookwood A man was trying most ineffectually to hold him, but it seemed as if in another minute he would come plunging into the seat with them. Marcia Schuyler After catching three or four they grew suspicious, and I changed my lure for an artificial minnow, and with it I had better success, though I have often tried it in Western trout-streams ineffectually. Lippincott's Magazine, Volume 11, No. 26, May, 1873 The man followed, ineffectually attempting to coax the dog to give up the bag. Stories of Animal Sagacity After searching his pockets once more ineffectually for the lost silver, he presented me his own gold pencil instead, and requested me to say why I “cursed him in French?” Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver "Villain!" gasped Hugh, ineffectually struggling to free himself, "you will not murder me?" Rookwood His voice rose faintly, almost ineffectually contending against the sounds of the insects. Sacrifice He got water and tried to make her drink it—ineffectually—he filled a hot water bottle and brought it in, and then thought better of it. I've Married Marjorie At the same time he ineffectually urged Maghallanes to return to Lisbon, alleging that his resolution to abandon Portuguese citizenship required the sovereign sanction. The Philippine Islands Can the younger Tavannes have been misled by the hypocritical representations with which she once and again attempted ineffectually to deceive the reformers when they appealed to her to put an end to the persecutions? History of the Rise of the Huguenots Vol. 1 She had endeavored ineffectually to check Latisan’s outburst, understanding fully the interlocking perils involved in the promulgation to Crowley that the drive master was going back to his work. Joan of Arc of the North Woods Wherefore I am not indignant that the Greeks are growing impatient by their curved ships; but still it would be disgraceful both to remain here so long, and to return ineffectually. The Iliad of Homer (1873) A vision of streets, populous, and full of movement, but half-invisible in a pea-soup haze, through which the gas that takes the place of daylight most ineffectually glimmers. Recollections With Photogravure Portrait of the Author and a number of Original Letters, of which one by George Meredith and another by Robert Louis Stevenson are reproduced in facsimile "Not while I live, Hardy," said the dying Nelson, ineffectually endeavoring to raise himself from the bed: "do you anchor." The Best of the World's Classics, Vol. V (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland III After peering against it ineffectually for a while she took off the three-cornered hat and proceeded to undo her work of the day before, removing the pins and letting down the rim. The Wrong Woman Again he searched his own thoughts; nor ineffectually as before. A Simple Story My friend Mr Carles was a kind and indulgent companion, bearing good-naturedly with my boyish pranks, and cautioning me, of course ineffectually, against running into danger. Hudson Bay Declamation will find its echo in vacant places: it beats ineffectually on the well-furnished mind. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection The poor little thing was wrapped in a very coarse and prickly goat-hair cloth, and its mother was patting its back to stop its cries, quite ineffectually, as you may well imagine. Southern Arabia Sometimes, indeed, I feebly, but ineffectually, endeavoured to stem the torrent; at others, I suffered myself to be borne along with all its fatal rapidity. Frank Mildmay Or, the Naval Officer So much effort ineffectually expended, so much labour lost. The Secret of the Island Arguments, however, and protests struck ineffectually against the solid wall of Grenville's established purpose. Benjamin Franklin Their place can now only be ineffectually supplied, as in the present instance, by the observations of later travellers over the familiar ground, and of inferior gleaners in the same still prolific field. The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan Gould had fired, indeed, though ineffectually, but Sir Harry had a brace. Dr. Jolliffe's Boys Doyle spoke remarkably well, and made a violent attack on Mr. Canning's friends, which Gaskell did his best to answer, but very ineffectually from the nature of the case. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859 It was striking fiercely but rather ineffectually, because of its constrained position, at his boot, while its tail part was coiled tightly about his boot leg. The Cruise of the Nonsuch Buccaneer His wound, however, told upon him at last, and I eventually succeeded in dragging him back to the deck, though not until after he had ineffectually emptied his pistol at me. The Congo Rovers A Story of the Slave Squadron Lord George Murray, meantime, had returned to his native country, where he was presented to George the Second, and solicited, but ineffectually, a commission in the British army. Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III. In 1538 the Pope, Paul the Third, published a bull of excommunication and deposition against Henry, and Pole pressed the Emperor vigorously though ineffectually to carry the bull into execution. History of the English People, Volume III The Parliament, 1399-1461; The Monarchy 1461-1540 Happy bleated in fright and distress, trying ineffectually to ward off his attacker. Rebels of the Red Planet I see the world trying to quench and kill them; I know too well that I often do the same ineffectually. Daily Thoughts selected from the writings of Charles Kingsley by his wife His eyes closed and he struck out wildly and ineffectually. The Boy Land Boomer Dick Arbuckle's Adventures in Oklahoma She wrestled ineffectually with her handkerchief against the cold in the head from which she had always suffered. Jill the Reckless But before that, they accomplished what had been ineffectually tried by the poet of Beowulf, the poet of Roland; they found an adequate form of heroic narrative. Epic and Romance Essays on Medieval Literature Complaining, one day, to Dudley North, that he was a martyr to rheumatism, and had ineffectually tried every remedy for its relief, "Pray, my lord," said he, "did you ever try a clean shirt?" The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings They strove earnestly but ineffectually to trace the necklace. The Queen's Necklace For a time I struggled vainly to recover the lost connection of my thoughts, and I endeavoured ineffectually to address myself to sleep. The Uncollected Writings of Thomas de Quincey, Vol. 2 With a Preface and Annotations by James Hogg Throughout his boyhood he struggled rather ineffectually against his Hyde, who made him kill roosters, buy cakes on credit, go on forbidden expeditions by land and sea, and shamefully neglect his lessons. Essays on Scandinavian Literature These gentlemen, moreover, represented the three great parties which had ineffectually opposed the sectionalism of the so-called "Republicans." The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government A person who had often teased another ineffectually for subscriptions to charitable undertakings, was one day telling him that he had just seen his picture. The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings Overland Red dropped and rolled to one side as the constable's gun boomed ineffectually. Overland Red A Romance of the Moonstone Cañon Trail She perceived that Miss Chancellor had withdrawn herself, and, closing her eyes, she mused, ineffectually, on the mystery she had not grasped, the peculiarity of Basil Ransom's relations with her hostess. The Bostonians, Vol. II (of II) Both are superficially and externally conceived; and nothing so conclusively demonstrates it as the extreme ineffectually of the moments of contrast with which Strauss has attempted to relieve the dominant mood of his work. Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers Lady Glencora yawned, and strove lustily, but ineffectually, to hide her yawn in her handkerchief. Can You Forgive Her? We wish we could publish a list of the moneys which have been squandered in the last 40 years in amateur draining, either ineffectually or with very imperfect efficiency. Draining for Profit, and Draining for Health At the Place de la Bastille, returning, he got into a cabriolet alone and searched ineffectually along the Rue Rivoli for a companion who would ride with him. Bohemian Days Three American Tales "Oh, Cora, I wouldn't say that," the other ineffectually wailed; then they moved toward the door, and a moment later it had closed on them. The Fruit of the Tree Out in the drowsy thoroughfare a sprinkling-cart jarred heavily past, spurting ineffectually at the yellow dust which rose perversely under its baptism and surged beneath the awnings of the shops. The Henchman She strove, therefore, to be triumphant on his behalf, but she knew that she was striving ineffectually. Can You Forgive Her? Several times the charge was renewed, but ineffectually. Both Sides the Border A Tale of Hotspur and Glendower The Germans have made a routine of their attacks, always making them at night and always ineffectually. The New York Times Current History: the European War, February, 1915 Yet an eyeless orb is yearning ineffectually to thee. The Poems and Fragments of Catullus The notion, indeed, was no child of the nineteenth century which fathered it so ineffectually. Shakespeare and the Modern Stage with Other Essays "Not while I live, Hardy," said the dying Nelson, ineffectually endeavouring to raise himself from the bed: "do you anchor." The Ontario Readers: Fourth Book Eventually it began to rain, and she went below and sat in the saloon, trying, quite ineffectually, to ease her torment of suspense with a book. The Swindler and Other Stories Le Rossignol ineffectually squirmed and kicked, raging at the spectacle she made for laughing women and soldiers. The Lady of Fort St. John They did so, but I immediately repented having summoned him, and endeavored, but ineffectually, to get out of his way when he arrived. Stories of Achievement, Volume III (of 6) Orators and Reformers Two days previously he was exposed in the saddle, for several hours, to cold and snow, and contracted acute laryngitis for which he was ineffectually treated in the primitive manner of the period. The Life of George Washington, Vol. 5 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States He endeavoured, but ineffectually to turn the attention of the colonists to the culture of silk. The Life of George Washington, Vol. 1 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States Some of the cabins were ineffectually whitewashed, but none of them were so uncleanly within as the outside prophesied. A Chance Acquaintance I walked to and fro, gazing at the objects which presented themselves; and, involved in perplexity, I knocked with my heel louder than ever; but no less ineffectually. Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 If two tanks were to meet in a duel, would they try to ram each other after ineffectually rapping each other with their machine guns? My Second Year of the War The herald, a man not much in love with war, stood cowering and trembling before his adversary, seeking to cover himself with his weapon, but, from his trembling hold, ineffectually. The Days of Bruce Vol 1 A Story from Scottish History At the same time, the générale was ineffectually beat in the streets; the old guard itself, now reduced to a few platoons, remained dispersed. History of the Expedition to Russia Undertaken by the Emperor Napoleon in the Year 1812 Cassidy tried ineffectually to follow it, but the droning of the voices and the steady hum of the flies around the beer lees on the bar made him sleepy. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 31, No. 1, May 1908 Having exhausted all my expedients ineffectually, I was compelled to turn my weary steps once more to Medlicote's lodgings. Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 At last I felt as if someone were trying, rather ineffectually, to remove the sack itself. Romance Tugging ineffectually at the beast, he ran out to the kitchen, calling upon everybody to take off that mad cat that was killing him. Two Knapsacks A Novel of Canadian Summer Life "Help me, please!" she gasped, then her voice broke despondently, but she never ceased to tug ineffectually at Chamberlain, trying to drag him out of the mass of wreckage. The Runaway Skyscraper Here he drew a deformed hat over his forehead, and let fly a moist projectile; which, instead of taking effect in a box of saw-dust, expanded ineffectually upon the face of a female dog-iron. The Adventures of My Cousin Smooth My imagination was incessantly pursued by the image of this youth, perishing alone, and in obscurity; calling on the name of distant friends, or invoking, ineffectually, the succour of those who were near. Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 The Americans protested vigorously but ineffectually against this practice. History of the United States "Not while I live, I hope, Hardy," cried Nelson, and for a moment endeavored, ineffectually, to raise himself from the bed. The Life of Nelson, Volume 2 The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain We find Hervey, and Walker, and Adam all expostulating with Wesley on his irregularities, and endeavouring to persuade him, though quite ineffectually, to submit to Church discipline and listen to the commands of Church rulers. The English Church in the Eighteenth Century I turned from him in disgust, and, after ineffectually tapping my arm for a few moments, he went back to his wheel. Jacqueline of Golden River Vacuous bland countenances, indicative merely of pious mildness, surround you, reaching perhaps their highest point of meek ineffectually in Bissolo. A Wanderer in Venice She stopped unwillingly, her hand fidgeting ineffectually to be free. The Safety Curtain, and Other Stories "Not by a—by a—" gasped the Cap'n, seeking ineffectually for some phrase to express his ineffable disgust. The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul They laboured not ineffectually in securing to reason that established position without which no religious system can maintain a lasting hold upon the intellect as well as upon the heart. The English Church in the Eighteenth Century She uttered a little, gasping cry, and struggled wildly and ineffectually in his grasp. Jacqueline of Golden River She stamped at his foot with her bare one ineffectually. Square Deal Sanderson Ranlett had tried ineffectually to get to the private car, having for his object the interviewing of the vice-president, but there had been curious obstructions. The Honorable Senator Sage-Brush As he still continued to gasp ineffectually, Mr. Nute drove on, leaving him standing by the roadside. The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul She raised her eyes and gave him one quick look, half entreaty, half command; he seemed ineffectually struggling to speak,—to thank her. The Deserter Thus, paralysis has its counterpart in the defects of recollection, where the utmost endeavour to remember is ineffectually exerted. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 She strove, ineffectually, to speak; her words came forth in broken murmurs; her voice had sunk into a sigh; she was dumb. Guy Rivers: A Tale of Georgia That was enough to make him dress hurriedly and hasten to the street, where he found a handful of policemen trying ineffectually to keep a clear pavement for the racing fire-trucks. The Honorable Senator Sage-Brush "You're not out yet, you young hound," rejoined Quilt, striving ineffectually to burst open the door. Jack Sheppard A Romance Struggling frantically but ineffectually, she uttered a maniacal scream. The Eternal Maiden She had forced the end of her kerchief against her lips to stifle the sound, but ineffectually. The Grey Cloak There was a look from his eyes of most vacant and elevated beatitude; a simper sat upon his lips, which parted ineffectually with the speech that he endeavored to make. Guy Rivers: A Tale of Georgia Going to the hotel, Blount shut himself into a telephone booth and tried, ineffectually, to get a long-distance connection with Wartrace Hall. The Honorable Senator Sage-Brush Time and again wolfish Idumean soldiers who were numerous about the place noted the pair and commented to one another or spoke insolently to the shrinking girl who hid ineffectually behind her veil. The City of Delight A Love Drama of the Siege and Fall of Jerusalem She saw his strength giving out in that unequal struggle, saw his arm frenziedly but ineffectually beating the water, saw his head disappear . . . for longer and still longer periods . The Eternal Maiden Still in the door upstairs was the old man—stern of face, save that far back in his eyes a kind spirit seemed to strive ineffectually. The Seeker He tried ineffectually to reach the levee; then the current whirled him away. The Day of the Beast Notwithstanding that he was a rascal, there was an inextinguishable glamour about the man against which the bolts of truth, history, letters, biographers broke ineffectually. A Splendid Hazard The Supply having ineffectually swept for her anchor till the morning of the 10th, she made sail for Port Jackson at ten o'clock in the forenoon. An Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island He would not invite the inspection of the laity into a disease which, without their assistance, he had not the strength to encounter; and his incipient reformation died away ineffectually in words. The Reign of Henry the Eighth, Volume 1 (of 3) Against rather than into that impenetrable enmeshment of rain, the glow dispersed itself ineffectually. Success A Novel Off the mouth of the Humber they ineffectually manoeuvred with a view of drawing out a king's frigate, reported to be lying at anchor within. Israel Potter I found a spirit that I did not like there, a sort of mental deadness and ineffectually. Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative Rose had a smile of tender pity for the memory of the girl who had struggled so ineffectually and yet with such heart-breaking earnestness to break the filaments of the web they'd spun around her. The Real Adventure "I guess so," said the Duke, trying ineffectually to mimic his friend. Doctor Claudius, A True Story I have been long very deeply, though perhaps ineffectually, engaged in the preliminary inquiries, which have continued without intermission for some years. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 02 (of 12) An occasional convolvulus drowned in dust straggled in weary clinging grace by the roadside—a pathetic symbol, he reflected, of the pale refined irrelevant women who fade ineffectually beside the highways of life. Balloons All this while the North has been resisting, feebly and ineffectually, this succession of Southern aggressions. Narrative of the Life of J.D. Green, a Runaway Slave, from Kentucky Containing an Account of His Three Escapes, in 1839, 1846, and 1848 The Franco-Spanish fleet which had assembled at Cadiz was occupied ineffectually in trying to stop small reliefs reaching Gibraltar and in covering their own homeward-bound trade. Some Principles of Maritime Strategy On coming to the town of Urribarracuxi, he used every possible endeavour to prevail upon that cacique to enter into friendship, but quite ineffectually. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 05 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time He jabbed ineffectually at the earth with the mattock, using a short tight blow with a half-arm movement. The Brimming Cup Objections were found against all these plans, as they had been ineffectually tried by various members of the club. The Knights of the White Shield Up-the-Ladder Club Series, Round One Play There were even now all these people—these Legitimists—sneering ineffectually; shutting themselves away from the light in their mournful houses and suffering horribly because everything that they stood for had gone under. The Inheritors I strained all I could at the door, but ineffectually. Uncle Silas A Tale of Bartram-Haugh Three days were ineffectually spent in searching for some way to pass onwards, Soto being always among the foremost to go out upon discovery. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 05 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time "Nay," said Marchdale; "look again; he seems to be trying to keep them back, although ineffectually, for they will not be stayed." Varney the Vampire Or the Feast of Blood A new Viceroy had just arrived in Ireland, and he attempted to cut off his retreat ineffectually. An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 She had to apologize for not shaking hands with him, because her fingers were covered with paint that had been hastily but ineffectually wiped off on a rag before she answered his knock. Different Girls Stern conservatives like Cato opposed all these innovations and scepticisms, but ineffectually. Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology They explained the object of their visit, but pleaded and remonstrated ineffectually. Lippincott's Magazine Of Popular Literature And Science Old Series, Vol. 36—New Series, Vol. 10, July 1885 Knowledge of Irish history cannot be expected in an English Minister, still less in an English soldier; but it could have taught him how often and how ineffectually that recipe had been applied. John Redmond's Last Years He tried ineffectually to cleanse his daughter's face. The Golden Scarecrow For this reason, Alkibiades from the very outset opposed the peace, but ineffectually at first. Plutarch's Lives Volume III. Now that I saw what Viola was capable of, I began to feel some sympathy with her people at Canterbury who had tried so ineffectually to hold her in. The Belfry He strove ineffectually to materialize the portrait, but it eluded him. Max The unity which Nature only strives after, blindly, furiously, ineffectually; the unity barely reached by the serene and luminous processes of Thought—the artist achieves it with one stroke. The Divine Fire He expected Julius, and he looked on the man whom he had followed on the crowded pavements some weeks before,—the man whom the police had long sought for ineffectually! Master of His Fate He had been endeavoring, ineffectually, to arrange for an issue of bonds, redeemable at the close of the war, in order to facilitate the victualing of the troops. The Downfall Ah! if my paper were a cloth of gold, and my pen in moving traced characters of diamond and pearl, yet any words which speak of you would be ineffectually honoured by such transcription! Saracinesca Had he not ineffectually tried to delay execution the night before, thereby puzzling and half-offending his grandfather? Marcella Seeing the poor fellow was insensible, they endeavored, ineffectually, to revive him; and at last, placing him in their canoe, made all haste for the shore. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I And then, just how he never knew, he had the ball snuggled under his chest, the quarter ineffectually seeking a hold on it! Left Tackle Thayer Again Lapoulle struck ineffectually, with no other effect than to destroy an ear of the wretched creature, that threw back its head and gave utterance to a loud, shrill scream. The Downfall It seemed like Laocoon struggling ineffectually in the hideous coils of the monster Python. Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists I have examined all the various works on extinct and dormant baronetcies ineffectually. Notes and Queries, Number 44, August 31, 1850 The Church tried ineffectually to eradicate it, but in various sects it kept sprouting forth beyond the time of Erigina and Bonaventura, its mediaeval advocates. A Series of Lessons in Gnani Yoga The two former prelates, though they struggled with vehemence and raised considerable tumults by their opposition, yet they struggled ineffectually, both for want of strength, and likewise on account of a variety of unfavourable circumstances. The Freethinker's Text Book, Part II. Christianity: Its Evidences, Its Origin, Its Morality, Its History Learning that a fleet was on its way from Bahrayn for Keyshom with a reinforcement of men and provisions, Albuquerque endeavoured ineffectually to intercept it. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 06 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time Inez was ineffectually struggling to release herself from the hands of the familiars that detained her, when suddenly she saw Don Ambrosio before her. Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists And never,—be it noticed,—never is he more thoroughly conscious of being a slave to himself, than when he thus ineffectually aspires and wishes to be delivered from himself. Sermons to the Natural Man As it was very inconvenient to lose so many good hands, Captain Clipperton took measures for recovering them, but ineffectually. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 10 Arranged in systematic order: Forming a complete history of the origin and progress of navigation, discovery, and commerce, by sea and land, from the earliest ages to the present time. To sharpen his diatribes the worthy captain was in the habit of straining ineffectually after epigrams. The Philanderers Sometimes, indeed, I feebly, but ineffectually endeavoured to stem the torrent; at others, I suffered myself to be borne along with all its fatal rapidity. Frank Mildmay Or, The Naval Officer Not less than thirty emus or cassowaries were seen at different times; but it so happened that they were fired at only once, and that ineffectually. A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1 There were the Tithes Bill and the Land Purchase Bill, ineffectually struggled over last Session, and finally abandoned. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, December 20, 1890 They endeavored ineffectually to persuade the passengers to join them, that they might descend in the strength of numbers and union. The First White Man of the West Life and Exploits of Col. Dan'l. Boone, the First Settler of Kentucky; Interspersed with Incidents in the Early Annals of the Country. His fingers fumbled with excitement and fell to strapping and buckling with a great show and a great ineffectually. Every Soul Hath Its Song Again was the whip applied, but ineffectually; the unfortunate slave was unable to rise. Lander's Travels The Travels of Richard Lander into the Interior of Africa He tried for some days to touch at Norfolk Island, but ineffectually, being prevented by easterly winds. An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Volume 1 With Remarks on the Dispositions, Customs, Manners, Etc. of The Native Inhabitants of That Country. to Which Are Added, Some Particulars of New Zealand; Compiled, By Permission, From The Mss. of Lieutenant-Governor King. He leaned towards her, trying ineffectually to see her face. The Way of an Eagle During the advance of the royalists, the enemy kept up a constant fire of their artillery, but altogether ineffectually, as all their balls flew too high. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 04 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time She sprang about, fumbling in her purse for a coin, but with difficulty, because through the hot blur of her tears she could only grope ineffectually. Every Soul Hath Its Song In the chamber the usual smell of ether, the remedy so often ineffectually administered during the period of my lethargic attacks. Miriam Monfort A Novel “So I thought; but Father Geronimo says that at the best it was but heretical baptism, and belike hastily and ineffectually performed.” A Reputed Changeling Or Three Seventh Years Two Centuries Ago The afternoon was ineffectually spent in searching for an anchorage, the pinnace and one of the cutters having been sent inshore for that purpose. Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. to Which Is Added the Account of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition for the Exploration of the Cape York Peninsula. By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist to the Expedition. — Volume 1 I was surprised to recognise by their foliage, to-day, some fine mulberry trees, by Jones's Creek; perhaps they are the remains of the silk-worm experiment that Mr. C—— persuaded Major —— to try so ineffectually. Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation 1838-1839 Prompted by a love of historical investigation, he was led to make researches into this mine—a task hitherto largely unattempted or ineffectually prosecuted. The Poets and Poetry of Cecil County, Maryland For this ruin was once a shrine too, that his mean hands and sterile soul did try most ineffectually to build up as a shelter for all that was ever worthy in him. A Roman Singer But the people having searched the whole day ineffectually, returned to the ships in the evening without finding them, or hearing any thing of them. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 03 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time Their eyes dragged slowly and ineffectually along the lines to the signature. The Grandissimes "I must have taken the wrong road," he repeated ineffectually. The Long Shadow Later, as Bud surveyed himself in the glass, trying ineffectually to dodge the barber's persistent whisk-broom, he decided that he did look a bit funereal. Jim Waring of Sonora-Town Tang of Life We passed several large sting-rays asleep on the surface of the sea, which our people ineffectually endeavoured to harpoon. Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 2 They were here ineffectually opposed by sixty natives, one of whom was made prisoner to give them some information of the country, and to learn Spanish. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 03 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time A large rat, having fallen into the big tin bath, was making bids for freedom by ineffectually leaping up the slippery sides. A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil He came to engage them to dine with him the next day, having already ineffectually endeavoured to obtain them for permanent guests. Venetia His heart beat rapidly, and he turned away his head to avoid the fond but keen scrutiny of her eyes,—at the same time gently, but ineffectually, attempting to free his hand. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 16, February, 1859 They mocked and derided the tender flame that she had nourished, which now glowed ineffectually as in another, a greater light. Madcap Even now she tried, ineffectually, to keep him outside all that concerned that part of her life. From out the Vasty Deep Along the trench was a series of tiny shelters scooped out of the bank, built up with sand-bags, covered ineffectually with wet, shiny, waterproof ground-sheets. Action Front We knocked again, much more loudly, and called, but still ineffectually. Martin Hewitt, Investigator "Not while I live, Hardy," said the dying Nelson, ineffectually endeavouring to raise himself from the bed; "do you anchor." MacMillan's Reading Books Book V Then her face contorted itself like a child's, ineffectually struggling to keep back tears, and she broke down, weeping. Mary Wollaston "What are you about to do?" gasped Rochester, struggling ineffectually to get free. Old Saint Paul's A Tale of the Plague and the Fire On the other hand, to do what you ought, is the ready way to make Calumny either silent or ineffectually malicious. The Spectator, Volume 2. The irresolute fingers fluttered more and more ineffectually about the trembling lip on every such occasion, and the sharpest practitioners gave him up as a hopeless job. Little Dorrit "Not while I live, Hardy," said the dying Nelson, ineffectually endeavouring to raise himself from the bed: "Do you anchor." The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson He knew that his giant muscles could not part the many strands that bound his wrists and ankles, for he had strained often, but ineffectually for release. Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar She, also, received me with kindness, and strove, like Mrs. Buscot, to comfort me, and, like her, ineffectually. Old Saint Paul's A Tale of the Plague and the Fire Count up your injuries, in its side-dishes of ailing sweetbreads in white poultices, of apothecaries’ powders in rice for curry, of pale stewed bits of calf ineffectually relying for an adventitious interest on forcemeat balls. The Uncommercial Traveller Against the private wars of the Barbarians, their bloody tournaments, licentious love, and judicial duels, the popes and synods might ineffectually thunder. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 5 And this abuse, which placed their hasty decisions on the same level with mature and deliberate acts of legislation, was ineffectually condemned by the sense and example of Trajan. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4 The place was ineffectually attacked seven days; and the Imperial army supported, in a precipitate retreat, the ignominy of purchasing a secure passage from the freebooters and outlaws of the Alps. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 3 The truce of God, so often and so ineffectually proclaimed by the clergy of the eleventh century, was an obvious imitation of this ancient custom. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1 Down the winding road before him shone the dull gleam of an oil lamp, the one faint, lonely light that struggled ineffectually with the foggy darkness all round him. Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices But the Roman people adhered to the cause of Gregory: their resolution was fortified by supplies of men and money from Apulia; and the city was thrice ineffectually besieged by the king of Germany. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 5 No action could be colder, haughtier, more insolent in its air of supremacy and disrespect, but she had struggled against even that concession ineffectually, and it was wrested from her. Dombey and Son The loss of armies, the destruction of cities, and the dishonor of the Roman name, ineffectually solicited the successors of Gratian to restore the helmets and the cuirasses of the infantry. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 3 After a pause I repeated my call, but no less ineffectually. Wieland: or, the Transformation, an American Tale They had tried ineffectually to converse on various subjects, and always the thing uppermost in the mind of each had caused the conversation to lapse. Tarzan of the Apes Both my sister and myself have endeavoured to correct his vices, but ineffectually. David Copperfield But this ingenious author was afterwards frightened with the boldness of his own conclusions, and in the subsequent editions of his work endeavoured ineffectually to explain away what he had said. Thoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions and Discoveries Interspersed with Some Particulars Respecting the Author Suppose he stopped all her allowance, made it imperative that she should either stay ineffectually resentful at home or earn a living for herself at once.... Ann Veronica, a modern love story "You let me alone!" said Jonas, struggling ineffectually in his grasp. The Errand Boy Of all the economists M. Dunoyer has most energetically embraced the positive side of competition, and consequently, as might have been expected, most ineffectually grasped the negative side. System of Economical Contradictions; or, the Philosophy of Misery Instantly each of us was seized by five women, each holding arm or leg or head; we were lifted like children, straddling helpless children, and borne onward, wriggling indeed, but most ineffectually. Herland Nevertheless, she was all the time conscious of one strong desire, from which her conscience shrank as from a crime; and she wrestled ineffectually with her weakness until her weakness prevailed. Tales from Two Hemispheres The adoption of episcopal insignia by abbots was followed by an encroachment on episcopal functions, which had to be specially but ineffectually guarded against by the Lateran council, A.D. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 She analyzed a cardinal-flower and showed him what he had wanted to know all summer—why the bees buzzed ineffectually around it while the humming-birds found in it an ever-ready feast. Freckles While he loitered ineffectually here, Coligny Smith, four miles away, might be doing his plans the irremediable injury. Captivating Mary Carstairs Why passed the syllables now coldly and ineffectually across the heart they could not penetrate? Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 327, January, 1843 If the emotion is intense enough for the creation of poetry at all, it will inevitably call up the intellectual power necessary to its shaping, otherwise it would be ineffectually diffused. The Lyric An Essay He leaned over Graham, who for the first time struggled furiously but ineffectually with his bonds. The Pawns Count So inconsiderate and eager were my desires, that I endeavoured to obtain apartments in the same house; but ineffectually, they were all let. The Adventures of Hugh Trevor What saves him are attacks of the kind which M. de Broglie ineffectually made yesterday in the Senate…. Memoirs of the Life and Correspondence of Henry Reeve, C.B., D.C.L. In Two Volumes. Volume II. Her small hands grasped at the breadth of his shoulders ineffectually. The Trespasser He again tries, ineffectually, to void his urine. The Dog He has almost disgusted me with myself, for having, though ineffectually, endeavoured to aid him so well. Anna St. Ives The party all voted for the play, except Olivia, who observed their inclination to riot, and ineffectually attempted to persuade them to return. The Adventures of Hugh Trevor She was such a frank, honest girl, that malign tongues might assail her indeed, but ineffectually. Camps, Quarters, and Casual Places The porter was asleep, and for nearly ten minutes we heard voices within, male and female, ineffectually endeavouring to persuade the heavy-headed Cerberus to relinquish his keys. Life in Mexico There was a prairie dog village on the bottom, and, in the endeavor to unearth one of the little animals, we labored ineffectually in the tough clay until dark. The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources He went to his tent bunk early, in a state of such utter dejection that Renmark felt sorry for him, and tried ineffectually to cheer him up. In the Midst of Alarms By this I learned, in five words, what, before the play began, my brain had been ineffectually busied about for a full hour. The Adventures of Hugh Trevor He was stutteringly nervous; and there were some evidences that he had been ineffectually striving to mitigate his nervousness by the consumption of his namesake. Camps, Quarters, and Casual Places "Yes, I know," said the little man ineffectually, "but I don't want scrip." The Gray Dawn Lord Oldborough, after fixing his interrogating eyes upon him ineffectually, receiving no explanation, seemed to come a little to his recollection, and condescended to say, "Captain Percy, I believe!—your commands with me, Captain Percy." Tales and Novels — Volume 07 Mad. de Rosier did not, like Mrs. Grace, repeat ineffectually, fifty times a day—"Master Herbert, don't touch that!" Tales and Novels — Volume 01 I then attempted to bring him back to the manuscript; but ineffectually: he seemed determined to say no more. The Adventures of Hugh Trevor According to the legend, whilst he was erecting the basilica, the people toiled ineffectually to move the pillars to their destined place. In Troubadour-Land A Ramble in Provence and Languedoc He found that he had ineffectually tried to drive his nails into the boiler plate, until his fingers' ends were sore. The Face and the Mask It had cramped her into a narrow groove wherein to struggle would only have been to injure herself ineffectually. The Heavenly Twins Delore left the room as softly as he had entered it, and the doomed men tried ineffectually to cry out as they heard the key turning in the door. Revenge! June 21, 1871.—The international socialism of the ouvriers, ineffectually put down in Paris, is beginning to celebrate its approaching victory. Amiel's Journal He, poor fool, endeavoured by every means to allay her ruffled temper, always ineffectually. In Troubadour-Land A Ramble in Provence and Languedoc When she recognized Polycarp, she tried ineffectually to sit up. Lonesome Land Roldan now issued such remonstrances as had often been ineffectually addressed to himself. The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus (Volume II) Outside were excited voices, and some one flung himself ineffectually against the stout locked door. Revenge! They made a resolute stand on the further side of a narrow deep-cut ravine, to dislodge them from which effort after effort was ineffectually made. The Afghan Wars 1839-42 and 1878-80 He allowed that he had talked with you ineffectually on that subject. Jane Talbot His mouth and chin were negative, or at the most provisional; not vulgar, doubtless, but ineffectually refined. A Passionate Pilgrim Finding the threat insufficient, he endeavored to entice these two natives on board his vessel, by promises of payment, but ineffectually. Journal of an African Cruiser When he was ten years old he had read standard works, and at twelve is stated to have struggled, ineffectually perhaps, with Newton's Principia. Steam, Steel and Electricity Major Scott of the 44th made appeal on appeal, ineffectually, to the soldierly feelings of his men, and while they would not move the sepoys could not be induced to advance. The Afghan Wars 1839-42 and 1878-80 The minister jogged down instantly to Davie's in his sulky, slapping the lines vigorously, if ineffectually, over the back of his brown mare, which understood, with a truly feminine insight, his perplexity before her character. Life at High Tide He has plenty of intelligence, some artistic gifts, charm, and an abundant kindliness, yet he achieves nothing, either in work or in love, and in the end fades ineffectually out of the story. The Precipice A search was made, but ineffectually; and next day the boat was found floating bottom uppermost, stove in, and bearing the appearance of having been dashed against rocks. The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders Then as she hauled ineffectually at the bridle with all her strength there came from behind her the sound of a long, shrill whistle. The Sheik The policy of that great family had latterly been rather to attach this wild tribe by kindness than to follow the mode of violence which had been hitherto ineffectually resorted to. Rob Roy — Volume 01 His dream was of a woman who came to him, having a tongue that tried ineffectually to speak, squinting eyes, feet whose distortion drew her towards the earth, stumps of hands, and a pallid face. Stories from the Italian Poets: with Lives of the Writers, Volume 1 I fumbled idiotically and ineffectually with the key, and all the time I stared, with a fear that was like insanity, toward the Barriers. Carnacki, the Ghost Finder The Portuguese endeavoured, but ineffectually, to conciliate the natives, and to remove the angry prejudices which they entertained. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 02 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time Our men at first, while their strength was fresh, resisted bravely, nor did they cast any weapon ineffectually from their higher station. "De Bello Gallico" and Other Commentaries Margaret would certainly not sing at Mr. Van Torp's wedding, and she even tried to say so, but her voice only bubbled and sputtered ineffectually through the soap and water. The Primadonna Mr. Tutt turned to Doc with an air of ineffectually striving to master his righteous indignation. Tutt and Mr. Tutt The ideas and propositions of rhetoric would most ineffectually reach an audience if they were not made vivid. Rhetoric and Poetry in the Renaissance A Study of Rhetorical Terms in English Renaissance Literary Criticism On this subject three days were spent ineffectually in messages between the zamorin and the admiral, as the Moors used every influence to prevent any friendly agreement. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 02 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time We could see the pilot looking calmly down at our uncovered gun, and our men trying, ineffectually and belatedly, to take cover. With British Guns in Italy A Tribute to Italian Achievement Efforts at resistance were subsequently, but ineffectually, made in other parts of Aragon, and in Valencia and Catalonia. The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 2 Some of those that were excluded indignantly though ineffectually remonstrated against this abuse. The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 1 She wrestled ineffectually with her handkerchief against the cold in the head from which she always suffered. The Little Warrior Each one of the five had shot ineffectually at the brute, which seemed to bear a charmed life. Woman on the American Frontier A Valuable and Authentic History of the Heroism, Adventures, Privations, Captivities, Trials, and Noble Lives and Deaths of the "Pioneer Mothers of the Republic" He was shifting feebly and ineffectually, with the vain instinct to escape from pain. With British Guns in Italy A Tribute to Italian Achievement The alarm was raised; the country searched in all directions, but ineffectually, during a fearful tempest. 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