Christe is become but in vayn to yowe / as many of yow as are iustified by the lawe are fallen from grace / we loke for and hope in the spirite to be iustified thorow faithe.
But if they hade alledged false and counterfett verses / the heathen mẽ which then excelled in knowledge / and were very many also in numbre / they wolde haue reproued theym as vayn men and lyars.
Gif a Man gais to were for vayn glore, quhethir he may, be law of armes, ask wagis or nocht.
Tis to little Purpose we studdy, if it onlie makes us exact Perfections in others which they may in vayn seek for in ourselves.
His Portraiture of my Grandfather is marvellous; ne'erthelesse, I look in vayn for the Spirituallitie which our Lucchese Friend, Antonio Bonvisi, tells us is to be found in the Productions of the Italian Schools.
At Table, Discourse flowed soe thicke and faste that I mighte aim invayn to chronicle it--and why should I?
Tis to little purpose we studdy, if it onlie makes us look for perfections in others which they may in vayn seek for in ourselves.
At table, discourse flowed soe thicke and faste that I mighte aim in vayn to chronicle it--and why should I?
O glory and renoun of loys, in vayn Conquest with sa feill perrellis and huge pane, To quhat conditioun or to quhat estait Thou sterys furth thir provd myndis inflait!
Quham nixt fallowis Ancus Marcyus, Of hys estait mar prowd and gloryus; And ourgretlie evin now, persaue and se, Vayn glor and favour of pepill desiris he.
Be this the Queyn, throw hevy thochtis onsound, In euery vayn nurysys the greyn wound, Smytyn so deip with the blynd fyre of lufe Hir trublyt mynd gan fra all rest remufe.
I compt na thing all thocht ȝon fant Troianys 10 Rakkyn thar fatis that thame hydder brocht; All syk vayn ruys I feir as thing of nocht, In cace thai prowd be of the goddis answeris, And thame avant tharof with felloun feris.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "vayn" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
