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French translation for "vainly"

[ 'veinli ] 
adv. vainement
Example Sentences:
1.Psychology vainly tries to analyse the former.
La psychologie tente vainement d’en analyser la forme.
2.She tries vainly to retie the contact with him.
Elle essaye vainement de rétablir le contact.
3.However, Abbess Mathilde had vainly refused to surrender the girl.
Cependant, l'abbesse Mathilde avait vainement refusé de rendre la jeune fille.
4.He vainly proposed a similar legislative text for Muslim Algerians.
Mais il propose aussi, en vain, un texte législatif similaire pour les Algériens musulmans.
5.Candida tries vainly to convince Baldo that the vagabond is a liar.
Candida tente inutilement de convaincre Baldo que les mots du clochard constituent un mensonge.
6.Bertrand, with his eldest son Robert IX, with 300 men vainly try to prevent the landing.
Robert Bertrand IX, un de ses fils, et 300 hommes tentent vainement de les empêcher de débarquer.
7.He vainly tries to kill her but Sedova's bulletproof vest protects her and she manages to kill the imposter.
Il tente de l'occire mais le gilet pare-balles d'Irina Sedova la protège et elle parvient à tuer l'imposteur.
8.In the morning Ariadne, finding herself abandoned, searches vainly for Theseus on the shore, where she sings her lament.
Le matin, Ariane, qui se voit abandonnée, cherche en vain Thésée sur la rive, où elle chante son lamento.
9.According to the Byzantine chroniclers, he accepted the acclamation only reluctantly, after vainly entreating the soldiers to allow him to leave.
Selon les chroniqueurs byzantins, il accepte l'acclamation comme empereur avec réticence, après avoir supplié vainement les soldats de lui permettre de partir.
10.I listen vainly, but with thirsty ears, for the witching melody of faint bugles blowing reveille, of far drums beating the long roll.
J'écoute en vain, mais d'une oreille assoiffée, la mélodie ensorceleuse des faibles clairons sonnant le réveil, des tambours lointains battant leur long roulement.
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