causeless
Example Sentences
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He tired easily, slept fitfully, found himself a prey to causeless fears.
From Time Magazine Archive
When our friends pass from our sight and we lament, that lamentation is needless and causeless.
From Time Magazine Archive
As we shook hands he burst into a loud, seemingly causeless laugh; and as he guffawed I could not tell whether his mirth was directed at me or was meant to hide his uneasiness.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
The great Anna Karenina, for instance, forced Vronsky into a certain position by the causeless jealousy of a maniac—yet that position was the only real solution to their problem, and it was the inevitable solution.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
She realized that my outburst of passion had been simply revenge, a fresh humiliation, and that to my earlier, almost causeless hatred was added now a personal hatred, born of envy....
From White Nights and Other Stories The Novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Volume X by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor
