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to no avail
Also, of little or no avail. Of no use or advantage, ineffective, as in All his shouting was to no avail; no one could hear him, or The life jacket was of little or no avail. This idiom uses avail in the sense of “advantage” or “assistance,” a usage dating from the mid-1400s. Also see to little purpose.
Example Sentences
For a year, Iranians sought other ways to lift the sanctions, which had been restored, to no avail.
Mayor Karen Bass have demanded a detente, but to no avail.
“There was this drumbeat, the final season, where journalists are reminding Emmy voters, ‘This is your last chance, please’” — to no avail.
When the child arrived at the hospital medical staff assumed life saving measures to no avail and she was pronounced dead, according to the medical examiner.
Axios reported that “behind the scenes, sources say, Musk also advocated for the measure in the legislation, but to no avail.”
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