1.   But do you also recall the futile hope that the shor t-term vacation might be extended for another day or two beyond the original snowfall?

2.   She bent toward the screen in futile hope of glimpsing a familiar face.

3.   The United States for a time attempted to drive down the value of the dollar vis-a-vis the yen in the futile hope of reducing its trade deficit.

4.   This was a joy that was real, this was not pinned to futile static hope, but simply to the undeniable fact that I was alive.