pointlessness

Example Sentences

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Being entirely confident in my friends’ abilities to succeed revealed the pointlessness of hesitating to be confident in my own.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 31, 2024

“In a way, the new version is both more sentimental and darker,” Noé said in a video interview, explaining that it emphasizes the pointlessness of Marcus’s vengeance-seeking.

From New York Times • Mar. 7, 2023

As the conflict continues in Ukraine, Ms Pugh said that the reunion was even more poignant, and reflected on the "pointlessness" of wars.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2022

She may be anonymous at the moment, but she has become a powerful symbol of the cruelty and pointlessness of this unforgivable war.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2022

The utter pointlessness of whatever I was doing there seized me by the throat, and all I wanted was to get it over with and get back to my cell and sleep.

From "The Stranger" by Albert Camus