to no avail

phrase

: without success

They tried to discuss the issue calmly, but to no avail.

Examples of to no avail in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

What we’re left with is the image of the fanatic, leaving prints on the grass, chasing the President’s golf cart to no avail, working out her psychic need in the epistolary form, writing as much to herself as to her addressee. — Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2026

One deputy tried to use a taser to get the dog to stop, but to no avail. — Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026

Overflowing, disorganized closets are an all too common problem, and so are ones that have undergone a big organization effort to no avail. — Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 21 Aug. 2026

Other nations have stepped in to play crucial mediating roles in this conflict, thus far to no avail. — Vivian Salama, The Atlantic, 21 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for to no avail

• abigail
• cottontail
• countervail
• fingernail
• martingale
• mesoscale
• microscale
• monorail
• nanoscale
• ponytail
• swallowtail
• wensleydale