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vain

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adjective

  1. characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance
  2. unproductive of success

Examples

But try telling that to the little old lady who has waited in vain a couple of years for a vital eye operation.

Finishing the mission so our troops will not have died in vain is the most screwed up thing I have ever heard.

Marshals struggled in vain to prevent spectators rushing onto the racetrack.

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vane

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noun

  1. a fin attached to the tail of an arrow, bomb or missile in order to stabilize or guide it
  2. the flattened weblike part of a feather consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft
  3. flat surface that rotates and pushes against air or water
  4. mechanical device attached to an elevated structure; rotates freely to show the direction of the wind

Examples

Murray begins his survey at 800 B.C., arguing that innovation before then had been more species-wide than individual and had tended largely to evanesce rather than become established, other than in China.

His right hand held a leash attached to a small white Havanese dog.

Vanessa raised hundreds of pounds for the charity by playing requests in exchange for donations to the appeal.

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vein

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verb

  1. make a veinlike pattern

noun

  1. one of the horny ribs that stiffen and support the wing of an insect
  2. a distinctive style or manner
  3. any of the vascular bundles or ribs that form the branching framework of conducting and supporting tissues in a leaf or other plant organ
  4. a layer of ore between layers of rock
  5. a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart

Examples

My body absorbed that ability as well; my veins are internally hardened against acids.

I could perceive no trace of a metallic vein, so thoroughly had it been worked out, but scattered over the hillside with schist, talcose slate, and fragments of quartz, was a great deal of scoriae, showing that metal of some kind had been excavated, and that the smelting had been done on the spot.

VARIOUS LEATHER PICTURE, It's a high classic decoration , made by hand, use nature color and veins of leather to make design, it shows obvious stereoscopy like relief sculpture but softly .

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