Word: vainly
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...disagreeable noises which emanate from the steam pipes in certain lecture rooms might be remedied. A lecturer begins to speak and all the section to take notes, when, suddenly the steam goes whang, clash, bang. A lull ensues, and all the men huddle around the desk in vain endeavors to catch all that is said. Then the noise begins again, and continues with variations and slight interruptions throughout the hour, and perhaps day, Meanwhile the speaker is annoyed and listeners are distracted. Some remedy ought to be known to the engineer or superintendent of buildings. A removal of the nuisance...
...grounds, engaged in carrying lumber or removing rubbish of some sort. But it is with the first snow-fall that this steed prances forth, shedding about him the last feeble rays of his departing glory. Bravely assuming his heavy task, he urges on his faltering steps in an almost vain endeavor to drag a cumbersome snowplow through the mighty drifts. Spavined, aged, Lame, his case would surely seem to be one to provoke the pity and interference, if not of the college officers, then of some of the numerous societies formed for the protection of such as he. We will...
...concerted action on their part, if only to show the drift of their opinion. We believe that the best thing to be done under the circumstances is to appeal to the faculty, and if they uphold the committee then to appeal to the corporation, and if this is in vain,-then our last resource is to make an appeal to the graduates...
...Wesleyan also passing the ball with great judgment and accuracy, Saxe's punts for Wesleyan and Moffat's for Princeton being especially good. Then followed a good run by Lamar from a pass by Moffat, a run by Baker, and a fine catch by Belknap, but it was in vain ; the Wesleyan halfbacks had it all their own way. They invariably had time to run and then kick, which carried the ball further up the field than it had been before. Our rushers seemed unable to tackle them...
...there is another consideration in its favor. When a man is hard at work it is most unpleasant to find, on opening the door, some stranger who is searching in vain after some room, and who wishes to be directed to it. Most men do not carry plans of their buildings in their heads, and the consequence is that they are put to no little trouble in showing the person the room he desires to find...