He declined, convinced that it was going to be a fruitless endeavor. Allah has made interest fruitless and charity fruitful. However, the efforts proved largely fruitless. Intense but largely fruitless efforts have been undertaken to emulate this reactivity. Petroleum was discovered in 1929 after several fruitless attempts. After months of fruitless quarreling Fulk was considering warring on Henry once more. Many nations contributed to the initial SAR effort, which was fruitless. As the sessions proved increasingly fruitless, the group began to panic. It was successful for Russia militarily, but fruitless politically. On their return, Pooter's efforts to find Lupin a job at first prove fruitless. After three weeks of fruitless searching, however, the operation was halted on 11 October. After many days of fruitless searching they returned to the Blue Mountains. Some fruitless varieties are grown for the flowers alone. In July 1987, Marr left the band and auditions to find a replacement proved fruitless. After approximately 90 minutes of fruitless searching, local law enforcement was called.