1 Now she remembered the little umbrella, which she had forgotten to take in her hurry to be off, but regret was unavailing, and nothing could be done but borrow one or submit to a drenching.
2 It was a subject, in short, on which reflection would be long indulged, and must be unavailing.
3 His had first-rate qualities, and they are lost: rendered worse than unavailing.
4 The local influence of my family was quite unavailing to obtain any employment in that department, for a man of Mr. Micawber's abilities.
David Copperfield By Charles DickensContext Highlight In CHAPTER 17. SOMEBODY TURNS UP 5 It was a long and gloomy night that gathered on me, haunted by the ghosts of many hopes, of many dear remembrances, many errors, many unavailing sorrows and regrets.
6 For I declare to thee thy comrades are restored, thy fleet driven back into safety by the shifted northern gales, except my parents were pretenders, and unavailing the augury they taught me.
7 In this state, the voice of the preacher thundered remorselessly, but unavailingly, upon her ears.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel HawthorneContext Highlight In III. THE RECOGNITION