In which case, waiting in the labyrinth might be completely futile.

Marit made a vicious stab into the crack, levered the dagger against the block in a completely futile attempt to wiggle the stone loose.

What he was doing--indeed, his whole life--now seemed to him completely futile.

In desperation he started to spin around with his arms outstretched, then decided this was completely futile and lit a cigarette instead.

It was completely futile to try forcing these men into useful channels.

Thatcherite cult of 'every man for himself' has had its day, and proved completely futile and useless.

This time, the posse's attempts to stop them are completely futile, and the tank is hauled out of the mud and over the state line to safety.

It was completely futile.

It is completely futile.

It will be a completely futile waste of energy and human lives, because the calculations are already going awry, but Pool will do it anyway.