Uselessly

Calling uselessly after him, gaze swiveling from the place where the escapee had vanished into the night to the fallen one left behind, Carly made the obvious connection: Sandra had tripped over Hugo. ❋ Karen Robards (2003)

Howard had confessed, so why should she jeopardize her good name uselessly? ❋ Charles Klein (1891)

With regard to Israel, were it demonstrated that particular Israeli air strikes "uselessly" aggravated Palestinian civilian suffering, and that the commanding officers knew or should have known this, they would be subject to prosecution for war crimes. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The night before the massacre, only one Casspir patrolled the squatter camp while five were "uselessly" left in ❋ Unknown (1993)

(There, see how annoying it was to read the same phrase uselessly repeated multiple times? ❋ Unknown (2009)

She scanned the garden, her hands fluttering uselessly at her apron. ❋ Alix Rickloff (2011)

It clanged on impact, the blade slipping off to the side uselessly. ❋ Christie Golden (2011)

Mother would flutter uselessly as Father barked orders for meals to be prepared and rooms to be readied. ❋ Alix Rickloff (2011)

Somehow, I reflexively leaped to a sort of cowering perch, on my favorite corner of the kitchen counter, from there staring uselessly at the snakes ...and crying like a girl. ❋ Anne Vitiello (2011)

He hauled his long legs out of the bed and sat on the edge for a moment, checking his wrist uselessly for the time. ❋ Gerard O’Donovan (2011)

I roll into the dark niche, my leg uselessly trailing behind me, blood squirting like a fountain all over. ❋ Unknown (2009)

All he did was fiddle about uselessly, then got on with carving me up. ❋ Gerard O’Donovan (2011)

The rope pulled free of its last anchor, the weighted spike dropping to swing uselessly against the cliffs. ❋ Alix Rickloff (2011)

In any case, it's a play that stands and falls on the dignity of its Duchess, the deliciousness of her villainous brothers, and the subtlety of the most complex character in the play, the veteran soldier Bosola, who discovers repentance too late and much too uselessly. ❋ Deliasherman (2010)

Rather than uselessly generalize, I prefer to address specific claims. ❋ Unknown (2010)