The academic John Delury has described the sanctions as futile and counterproductive. Apanuugpak convinced villages that war was a futile and wasteful activity. Two attempts at controlling the Hulk proved futile. Monk carries out futile and endless attempts to make the world "balanced". Adso summons the monks in a futile attempt to extinguish the fire. After a futile suicide attempt, Nandini reluctantly weds Vanraj. The hope that warfare was past proved futile. Attempts to reach the new goals of production proved futile in late 1932. Ben soon misses Lindsey and visits her in a futile attempt to reconcile. He may have believed such involvement to be futile, or detrimental to Buddhism. Kinnock called the challenge "futile and selfish". The 1863 mid-term elections became mere expressions of futile and frustrated dissatisfaction. By August 3, Colonel Warren concluded the entire effort was futile and dangerous. The Confederates squander resources through a series of futile counter-attacks. Renoir portrays war as a futile exercise.