gratuitous

Example Sentences

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Banerjee also criticised what he called an excess of "gratuitous violence", arguing that "it is social media hype that is deciding the film's fate."

From Barron's • Jan. 25, 2026

Plus, frankly, there are those within Labour who would rather he didn't come back to Westminster, such has been, as they see it, the gratuitous nature of his manoeuvring for the top job.

From BBC • Jan. 22, 2026

The weeks after Kirk was shot were marked by gratuitous consecrations of the man’s virtue.

From Slate • Dec. 22, 2025

I didn’t ask it to, but didn’t mind this gratuitous edit.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 30, 2025

Primroses and landscapes, he pointed out, have one grave defect: they are gratuitous.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley