How to Use to no avail in a Sentence

to no avail

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  • The Mets‘ top overall prospect tried to rehab the wrist to no avail.
    — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 18 June 2024
  • Trump's team tried again to have the order lifted, to no avail.
    — Graham Kates, CBS News, 12 Dec. 2023
  • The officer tried to pull the driver over, to no avail.
    — David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 July 2023
  • The neighbor attempted to bang pots and pans to ward off the cub to no avail.
    — Hannah Poukish, Sacramento Bee, 28 June 2024
  • The driver was pursued at high speed by Mr. Asaro to no avail.
    — Sam Roberts, New York Times, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Warriors coach Steve Kerr challenged the call but to no avail.
    — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 30 Mar. 2024
  • After not finding her there, Joel looked around the house to no avail.
    — Devoun Cetoute Miami Herald (tns), al, 7 July 2023
  • Refsnyder dived, but to no avail, and the ball rolled to the warning track.
    — Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Aug. 2023
  • In 1959, the year Rick Caruso was born, his father’s appeal reached the state Supreme Court, to no avail.
    — Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2022
  • Streep tried to comfort her by putting her hand on her shoulder, but to no avail.
    — Carita Rizzo, Peoplemag, 25 May 2024
  • For the past four years, Gonzalez has tried to enroll LR in the program to no avail.
    — Isabella Cueto, STAT, 17 July 2023
  • Since the sightings, Lawson and her colleagues have worked to track down the creature, but to no avail.
    — Jeremy Childs, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2023
  • Detectives on the ground also searched, but to no avail.
    — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 12 Mar. 2024
  • Heavy machinery could be seen digging through the area, but to no avail.
    — Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2023
  • Winter months: The district works with the state on a new plan to remove its deficit spending, to no avail.
    — The Enquirer, 25 Mar. 2024
  • The pregnant woman tried to alert someone at the home on Merle Hay Road, but to no avail.
    — Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 11 May 2023
  • The United States has tried the tactic numerous times, to no avail.
    — Robert A. Pape, Foreign Affairs, 6 Dec. 2023
  • Hospital staff tried a few times to follow up to no avail.
    — Anna Maria Barry-Jester, ProPublica, 7 May 2024
  • Some of the farmers complained to the local government, to no avail.
    — Alexander Sammon, Harper's Magazine, 16 Oct. 2023
  • Jennifer Crumbley's lawyer tried to keep the video and photos out, but to no avail.
    — Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 11 Feb. 2024
  • That’s one of the recipes customers have been requesting from Berger — to no avail.
    — Linda Zavoral, The Mercury News, 19 Apr. 2024
  • The handful of police officers tried to quell the carnage to no avail.
    — Paul Fitzgerald, Rolling Stone, 15 Apr. 2024
  • Before the game, staff tried catching the bats with nets or dispersing them with loud noise, to no avail.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Millions of dollars have been spent combing the depths for her Electra, to no avail.
    — Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2024
  • Facing a major loss of power, Mr. Prigozhin railed loudly against the move, to no avail.
    — Paul Sonne, New York Times, 10 July 2023
  • Initially, the firm sought to bid on Paramount Global alone to no avail.
    — Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 11 June 2024
  • There were multiple instances where Jean called for hands up to no avail.
    — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Chen has been seeking the source of the government leak for years to no avail, which led her to target Herridge and Fox News.
    — Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Glover said she’s tried to get in touch with the school’s administration via email and in person to no avail.
    — Sabrina Leboeuf, Baltimore Sun, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Dispatchers tried to contact the caller again but to no avail, state police later said at a press conference.
    — Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 20 June 2024

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