senselessly

Example Sentences

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"We are deeply saddened by the loss of our colleague and the other lives senselessly taken today," the company said.

From BBC • Feb. 22, 2023

“It was nice to reflect about somebody like that losing their life so senselessly while just out for a run, the things that we take for granted every day.”

From Seattle Times • Oct. 18, 2022

Even in these cases, the smiling faces of the innocent youths lost senselessly fade from our collective memory.

From Washington Post • Jun. 5, 2022

Tate, Hana St. Juliana, Madisyn Baldwin and Justin Shilling, whose lives were senselessly lost earlier this week, are represented by four blue hearts.

From Fox News • Dec. 3, 2021

Abraham Lincoln had been senselessly slain by the hand of a madman, and Jethro Creighton, with all the people of his time, had suffered an irreparable loss.

From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt