In a sentence
Six example sentences with avail, each labelled with its topic.
The garrison signaled for three nights to no avail, and the relief column never turned toward the pass.
History
They rebuilt onboarding twice to little avail, since users abandoned the product before the first screen even loaded.
Startups
We waved at the last bus to no avail and walked the final six kilometers in the dark.
Travel
The coach called two timeouts to little avail, and the lead kept shrinking until the buzzer.
Basketball
The defense objected a dozen times to no avail, since the judge admitted every one of the disputed emails.
Law
The team recalibrated the detector to no avail, and the stray signal turned out to be a microwave oven down the hall.
Science
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