| Primarily, however, the drama is about yearning and the futility of attempting to suppress human emotion. |
| But he dismisses criticism that the film glorifies violence and highlights the futility of life in the underworld. |
| On realizing the futility of his mission, he would return to staring at me. |
| The narrator then steps in to comment on the pointlessness and futility of life on earth before the credits roll. |
| I had been going to mark the 1000th posting here with a descant on futility and failure, as is traditional on New Year's Eve. |
| In the face of war and mass slaughter, he has proved it retains the ability to shock us with the sheer frivolity of its efforts in futility. |
