31.   In a futile attempt to convert him to vegetarianism, he said, she refused to allow meat in their home.

32.   In desperation during rallies, trying to get something going, Peya tried a few futile attempts at rushing the net.

33.   In the end, she sold the club and left the island in a futile attempt to try to save her failing marriage.

34.   In this futile attempt to hold on to records, the state spent thousands of dollars, he said.

35.   Intifada II is just another futile attempt by Palestinians to forcibly evict Israel from the West Bank.

36.   It was a futile attempt, of course.

37.   Linebacker Todd Collins had one futile attempt at Stewart, but the Steelers had their touchdown.

38.   Maybe they did not care for the fun facts proffered by the moderators in a futile attempt to generate more constructive conversation.

39.   Nowhere is the Sonic decay more apparent than in the futile attempts to chase down the Phoenix platoon of perimeter shootists.

40.   Onegin kills Lensky in a duel, then disappears to roam the world for years in a futile attempt to to forget his sin.