How to Use senseless in a Sentence
senseless
adjective
- Don't be such a senseless idiot!
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Adding to the senseless crime is the fact the eagle wasn’t alone in the nest when it was shot.
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Matt Williams,
Dallas News,
6 Jan. 2023
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None of the Falcone movies are very good, but this is the most senseless.
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Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
9 Apr. 2021
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But the bad here outweighs the good for a league that doesn't need to take senseless risks.
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Rob Reischel,
Forbes,
4 Sep. 2024
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This was senseless the first time around and senseless again.
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Carolyn Burt,
Orange County Register,
5 Feb. 2024
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The evil of one man has produced these senseless deaths.
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Charles Bethea,
The New Yorker,
25 Mar. 2021
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The news of this senseless violence comes as a shock to all of us.
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oregonlive,
16 Nov. 2019
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Those who knew Kahle called her death a senseless tragedy.
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Karen Kucher,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Apr. 2021
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The killings seem senseless, but, says the author, the city can do more to grasp their causes.
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The Economist,
7 Dec. 2019
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The neighbor who was with the victim said the shooting was senseless.
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Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com,
al.com,
23 July 2019
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This was a cowardly and senseless act that has led to the loss of a great athlete.
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Melissa Noel,
Essence,
6 Sep. 2024
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The senseless charnel houses of Verdun and the Somme found their match in Bakhmut.
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Ishaan Tharoor,
Washington Post,
14 Aug. 2023
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But in the long shadow of senseless acts, each found a soul mate who could grasp what the other had been through.
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Los Angeles Times,
17 Dec. 2020
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Kim Boykin: These deaths are so senseless and so preventable.
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USA TODAY,
3 Mar. 2024
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The Broncos share in the outrage (and) concern over these senseless deaths.
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Ryan O’Halloran,
The Denver Post,
2 June 2020
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For her to be killed in such a senseless way is unfathomable.
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Los Angeles Times,
1 Dec. 2021
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Boy George could go rabid and beat us senseless, right?
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Brenna Ehrlich,
Rolling Stone,
1 Oct. 2023
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It’s our nature to make sense of something like this that is senseless.
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Michael Schneider,
Variety,
24 Oct. 2021
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The news Monday that she had been killed at work was senseless, Raiola said.
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Carlos R. Muñoz,
BostonGlobe.com,
7 Apr. 2023
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This is a difficult case, largely due to the senseless nature of the act.
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Jack Greiner,
The Enquirer,
20 Oct. 2020
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Crystal Smith said her son’s death was senseless, like so many are.
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Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com,
al,
18 Dec. 2020
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While each case is different, the deaths have all been senseless.
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Dallas News,
1 June 2020
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The case captivated the public, which was shocked by the senseless nature of the crime.
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Liam Quinn,
Peoplemag,
21 May 2024
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And most senseless of all, the victims of gun violence.
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Washington Post,
14 Dec. 2021
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Her life was taken from her at the young age of 23 in a senseless cowardly act .
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Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com,
al,
17 Jan. 2023
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This was a tragic and senseless murder and our thoughts and prayers go out to the family of the victim.
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Pilar Arias,
Fox News,
27 Mar. 2023
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Our hearts go out to the victims, families, and friends involved in the senseless tragedy.
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Vanessa Etienne,
PEOPLE.com,
24 Sep. 2021
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We are heartbroken by the loss of our Nicholas in this senseless act on August 4.
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Washington Post,
4 Aug. 2019
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Our Amber & Justin have been taken from us in such a senseless act.
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Helena Oliviero,
ajc,
20 Nov. 2021
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Israel was castigated for such things as the cruel and senseless murder of Palestine Chronicle journalist ...
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Jeffrey Blehar,
National Review,
18 Sep. 2024
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