How to use "vain" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi
Example sentences for "vain" in popular movie and book plots
- Blackie's girlfriend Eleanor (Myrna Loy) loves him, but pleads with him in vain to marry her and give up his dangerous life. - Manhattan Melodrama
- The unscrupulous and vain Tommy Thanatos (David Johansen) is after Alex Sr. - Mr. Nanny
- The tigers are vain and each thinks he is better dressed than the others. - The Story of Little Black Sambo
- General Yepanchin has an ambitious and vain assistant, Gavril Ardalionovich Ivolgin (Ganya), who the Prince also meets while waiting. - The Idiot
- There is also a medical robot trying in vain to find a cure for the virus that killed the ship's crew. - Expedition to the Barrier Peaks
- Langwidere is the spoiled and highly vain niece of the deceased king of Ev, and she has many exchangeable, detachable heads. - Ozma of Oz
- Meanwhile, Preston tries in vain to uncover other couriers connected to the operation. - The Fourth Protocol
- They tried in vain to fix the problem, but discovered it was too late - the Source would soon destroy the planet. - Anarchy Online
- Without acknowledging that he was aware of the precise nature of the plot, the priest tried in vain to dissuade Catesby from his course. - Robert Catesby
- A year later, Snow White's father, the king, takes a new wife, who is very beautiful, but a wicked and vain woman. - Snow White
- " Horrified, Rocky tries in vain to open the apartment door and escape his "paradise" as Pip laughs malevolently at his torment. - A Nice Place to Visit
- He tries in vain to locate Arthur Curtis's house, and mistakes a little girl for his daughter, scaring her. - A World of Difference
- The group attempts in vain to persuade Glick to cancel the celebration; a frustrated Jay steals one of Glick's golf clubs. - Dogma (film)
- Snow White is a lonely princess living with her stepmother, a vain and wicked Queen. - Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film)
- Hassan points a gun to Mavros' head as he tries in vain to get the President to listen, but is shot in the head. - Executive Decision
- Meanwhile René has encouraged O to seduce Jacqueline, a vain fashion model, and lure her to Roissy. - Story of O
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