aimless
Example Sentences
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“You hold yourself accountable for saving and spending. And that in turn prevents you from aimless or unthinking financial behavior.”
From MarketWatch • Jul. 7, 2026
“To me, Maria is when you drive by an accident, and you don’t want to look, but you do,” she says of Didion’s aimless and troubled protagonist.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026
"There's no magic in this aimless slog of a sequel," said the Independent's Clarisse Loughrey in a two-star review.
From BBC • Nov. 19, 2025
Beckett’s works defy easy exegesis, but as in many of his other plays, “Endgame” presents us with stylized images of the aimless burdens of existence, the isolation that can be little eased by companionship.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025
My father loved the Great Dane for its size, and frequently took her on long, aimless drives, during which she'd stick her heavy, anvil-sized head out the window and leak great quantities of foamy saliva.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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