1.   Better than enduring his fumbling during the night in the vain hope of satisfaction when the need was strong in her.

2.   But I knew this was a vain hope because the house was always locked securely.

3.   But since passion does not come in bottles it seems a vain hope.

4.   Guided by a mournful bleating, he came across several groups of sheep, huddled together in the vain hope of safety.

5.   He traveled south in the vain hope of finding work.

6.   It was usually a vain hope.

7.   This proved a vain hope, as the young student soon acquired a following of like-minded people.

8.   Young men moved south in the vain hope of finding work.

9.   He married his fourth wife, Susan, in the vain hope that she would improve his health.

10.   Volunteers searched the area in the vain hope of finding clues.