Resistance is futile!
The 'hail Mary pass' was a futile attempt to tie the score in the game's final seconds.
Resistance is futile!
His attempts to change her mind were futile as she had already made up hers.
Resistance is futile! His heroic effort turned out to be futile, after all.
Resistance is futile, human. Her wild attempts at explanation were futile.
It was futile to sit up waiting for Santa. Remember: he sees you when you're sleeping.
Man tried to hide from God that they were "dead" after sin and even futilely to hide from Him physically.
Charlotte's effort to stop the car from rolling down the hill was futile. apex
The rescue mission was futile.
The bank robbers tried their best to escape the police chasing after them, but their attempt was futile, as they were soon apprehended and thrown in jail.
Most likely it means that not asking a question is pointless. Hence, it is futile not to ask the question.
You take the word 'futile' and combine it with other words, at least one of which should be a verb, using the rules of grammar for the language in question.
We tried to work out the problem but our attempts were futile. Kim told us it was futile to try, because we wouldn't get anywhere. Then Alex said, there's no such thing as futile: anything can be achieved if we really work at it. And Alex was right: it wasn't futile after all. We found four whole sentences that used the word 'futile' five times.