4 sentences with “futile”

It was touching, but it seemed futile.

Even before the war, Sartre was famous for his philosophical work and for his novel Nausea, which described a "hero" trying unsuccessfully to find meaning in life after realising that his actions were all ultimately futile.

Italy, which had joined with Britain and France against Germany and Austria in the hope of wresting territory from the Austrians, received very little land after the war. Thus, for Mussolini and many other Italians, the war had been particularly futile.

All resistance was futile and the British decided to surrender, as did the invading chief when he offered his sword to Liniers under the arches of the Cabildo building in Buenos Aires. On hearing what had happened, Popham ordered the fleet to move away from the coast.