Most days at least one gets itself stuck in the house, usually trying valiantly but ultimately futilely to fly through one of our closed windows. |
She then grabbed an ax, and swung it futilely around her before the warriors were upon her, stabbing her in the heart. |
For example, let's say that a young inventor is trying futilely to build a time machine in his garage. |
I tried futilely to cling to the last fragments of a fading dream and go back to sleep when several more explosions followed. |
And I did spend a lot of time futilely trying to talk to the FBI press office about the flight. |
Rodney was fighting futilely against them as his red hair fell messily into his terror-stricken green eyes. |