vain,

First stalks the coxcomb, flimsy, — frothy — vain,

The Age Reviewed 2010

And to get an interview with him it would be almost vain,

Archive 2008-06-01 2008

Up which a lean and foolish knight for ever rides in vain,

10/01/2002 - 11/01/2002 John 2002

Where words are scarce, they are seldom spent in vain,

The Life and Death of Richard the Second 2004

It did not, however, persist late into the day; the sun began by hurling at it, in vain,

The Guermantes Way 2003

But she will repent it when her love's all in vain,

Pretty Sarah (5) 2000

But our blood was spilt for nothing and our sacrifice in vain,

1917 STRIKE 2000

She was admired by lords and squires, but their love was all in vain,

The Constant Farmer's Son (5) 1997

Then it's one more "make" but the work was in vain,

Grinding Out a Ph.D 1997

I courted her for heauty. an 'for love that was in vain,

Dallas County Jail 1996