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Definition of the day : « vain »
- adj egotistical
- adj futile, useless
- Ambrose felt almost despairing as he heard in vain the last name.
- Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge
- But, bound as he was, we can understand why they looked in vain.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- Weary and restless with vain waiting, they looked from the doorway at the weather.
- Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- You look in vain for any outward signs of profligacy or debauchery.
- Extract from : « Sunday under Three Heads » by Charles Dickens
- O the words of kindness, all to be expressed in vain, that flowed from her lips!
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- To attempt to eliminate fear and retain this concept of God is vain.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- Williams, Gunby, and Howard, all strove in vain to bring it to order.
- Extract from : « A Sketch of the Life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion » by William Dobein James
- Some men are as vain as any women, and Corney was one of those some.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- She strove her mightiest to rid herself of them, but in vain.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- And this poet was proud, and vain, and in love with all distinctions.
- Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris