| A rolling stone gathers no moss, and a wavering judgment makes a fruitless life. |
| Thinking of that made her smile in anticipation and she summoned the energy to continue her fruitless search. |
| We need to have more debate and action about the real issues rather than another moralistic and ultimately fruitless debate. |
| Speaking of genes and drugs, for years there's been a fruitless search for the gene for alcoholism. |
| During its turbulent history, it had known dozens of presidents, but their efforts to rule had been fruitless, invariably with blood flowing. |
| A musical career proved fruitless, however, and he joined the merchant navy and later, legend has it, became a pirate. |
