| 1. | In vain the speeding or shyness. - from Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman |
| 2. | And indeed I'm not vain about it. - from Anne Of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery |
| 3. | in vain I try to think how limitless. - from Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman |
| 4. | Aouda in vain attempted to retain Mr. - from Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne |
| 5. | The former vain to hope argues as vai. - from Paradise Lost by John Milton |
| 6. | "It's very vain of you to say so then. - from Anne Of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery |
| 7. | Of SENNAAR, and still with vain design. - from Paradise Lost by John Milton |
| 8. | In vain the English Captain hailed him. - from Moby Dick; or The Whale by Herman Melville |
| 9. | Which he presumes already vain and void. - from Paradise Lost by John Milton |
| 10. | boast Nor ask I not to-morrow to have victory, Nor renown in this case, nor vaine glory Of prize of armes, blowing up and down. - from The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer |