nonsensically
Example Sentences
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The film exhibits no sense of how to stage a surprise, settling instead for hackish tricks like having a character nonsensically appear in, say, the middle of a deserted street as though arriving via drone.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026
"Someone came up to me speaking nonsensically, I didn't understand what he was saying," he said.
From BBC ● Jan. 2, 2026
That sentiment was immediately undermined, however, when she waffled nonsensically, seemingly oblivious to how freedom is won in warfare.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2023
The comedy waffles between nonsensically heightened and realistically grounded, often alternating between the two modes at random, never landing on a tone.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 12, 2023
Charles took a swallow of his drink and ran up another octave, trilling nonsensically on the keys with his right hand.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
