Julian Casti, on the other hand, had passed into a state of miserable deadness; Waymark in vain tried to excite hope in him.
The feelings which both girls had at the time excited in him seemed artificial; in his present mood he in vain tried to resuscitate his interest either in the one or the other.
You seem indisposed, Mr. Waymark," the doctor remarked, when he had in vain tried to elicit intelligible replies to his questions.
Paul hurried down the stairs, followed by his wife, whom Theresa in vain tried to hold back He knew the way to the door which led into the garden, and opening this, sprang into the darkness.
Robert Blum and Simon, the member for Breslau, in vain tried to make peace; entreating the Ministry to withdraw the troops, and the insurgents to pull down the barricades.
These rumours were specially rife in Alessandria, which had known the degradation of an Austrian occupation; and Victor Emmanuel in vain tried to convince the Alessandrians of the unreasonableness of this panic.
There Metternich in vain tried to extort from him the betrayal of his fellow-conspirators.
This place was at this time in the hands of the Saracens; and Philip, the French king, who arrived before Richard, had in vain tried to capture it.
A violent fever followed this terrible debauch, which his physicians in vain tried to allay.
I have invain tried to remember if she had a married sister whose child this may be.
His large faithful heart was swelling with grief, which he had in vain triedto control.
I in vain tried to shout out; when I opened my mouth, the feather pillow filled it, and no sound escaped.
As it came in, it washed right aft and wetted through our bag of biscuits, which Tom and I invain tried to save.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "vain tried" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
