ineffectually

• “But all I manage, completely ineffectually, is “Oh … his penis … his penis!””

  Snakes And Snails And Puppy Dog’s Tails | Her Bad Mother

• “Matt: If you can’t take their money, drink their whiskey, screw their women, and complain ineffectually about the inadequacy of their economic policies anyway, you don’t belong in the liberal blogosphere.”

  Matthew Yglesias » Homework

• “* and by "ineffectually" i mean "despite the fact that he SHOT HIMSELF IN THE FACE he will probably not die, according to sources.”

  brief, disjointed, cherie's-really-sleepy friday update

• “America's rabid rightwingers, from which this stench largely may have emanated, appear nourished by it, while decent Americans are retching ineffectually.”

  The Guardian: Letter: Putrid US politics

• “She watched Kit moving ahead with Gabriel at her side talking very fast and trying ineffectually to steer her away from the gory Annas.”

  Simon & Schuster: Slice Of Cherry

• “Causing terrible suffering unnecessarily, ineffectually and when you should know better.”

  War Crimes, Past and Present

• “If the past two years are anything to go by we should be flailing ineffectually in mounds of snow by now.”

  The Guardian: This week's new theatre and dance

• “This 'cold' war has been working too slowly and ineffectually; perhaps it is time to think about 'hot' alternatives.”

  The Huffington Post: Bob Savage: Time for a More Thoughtful Foreign Policy in Iran and Syria

• “PR-wise, he can shift the blame to the big, bad operators while he tuts ineffectually from a distance.”

  The Huffington Post: Dan Wagner: Schmidt on Carrier IQ: Good PR, Bad Business

• “And these clever predators can count on the history of rape cases, where one by one the victims who have even given their statements will sheepishly withdraw and leave either nobody or perhaps one lone person to ineffectually attempt justice to be served.”

  The Huffington Post: Diana Nyad: Penn State Shocker. Really?

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