How to Use senseless in a Sentence

senseless

adjective
  • Don't be such a senseless idiot!
  • Adding to the senseless crime is the fact the eagle wasn’t alone in the nest when it was shot.
    Matt Williams, Dallas News, 6 Jan. 2023
  • None of the Falcone movies are very good, but this is the most senseless.
    Tim Grierson, Vulture, 9 Apr. 2021
  • But the bad here outweighs the good for a league that doesn't need to take senseless risks.
    Rob Reischel, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024
  • This was senseless the first time around and senseless again.
    Carolyn Burt, Orange County Register, 5 Feb. 2024
  • The evil of one man has produced these senseless deaths.
    Charles Bethea, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2021
  • The news of this senseless violence comes as a shock to all of us.
    oregonlive, 16 Nov. 2019
  • Those who knew Kahle called her death a senseless tragedy.
    Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Apr. 2021
  • The killings seem senseless, but, says the author, the city can do more to grasp their causes.
    The Economist, 7 Dec. 2019
  • This was a cowardly and senseless act that has led to the loss of a great athlete.
    Melissa Noel, Essence, 6 Sep. 2024
  • The senseless charnel houses of Verdun and the Somme found their match in Bakhmut.
    Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2023
  • But in the long shadow of senseless acts, each found a soul mate who could grasp what the other had been through.
    Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2020
  • Kim Boykin: These deaths are so senseless and so preventable.
    USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2024
  • The Broncos share in the outrage (and) concern over these senseless deaths.
    Ryan O’Halloran, The Denver Post, 2 June 2020
  • For her to be killed in such a senseless way is unfathomable.
    Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2021
  • Boy George could go rabid and beat us senseless, right?
    Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2023
  • It’s our nature to make sense of something like this that is senseless.
    Michael Schneider, Variety, 24 Oct. 2021
  • The news Monday that she had been killed at work was senseless, Raiola said.
    Carlos R. Muñoz, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Apr. 2023
  • This is a difficult case, largely due to the senseless nature of the act.
    Jack Greiner, The Enquirer, 20 Oct. 2020
  • Crystal Smith said her son’s death was senseless, like so many are.
    Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 18 Dec. 2020
  • While each case is different, the deaths have all been senseless.
    Dallas News, 1 June 2020
  • The case captivated the public, which was shocked by the senseless nature of the crime.
    Liam Quinn, Peoplemag, 21 May 2024
  • And most senseless of all, the victims of gun violence.
    Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2021
  • Her life was taken from her at the young age of 23 in a senseless cowardly act .
    Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 17 Jan. 2023
  • This was a tragic and senseless murder and our thoughts and prayers go out to the family of the victim.
    Pilar Arias, Fox News, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Our hearts go out to the victims, families, and friends involved in the senseless tragedy.
    Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com, 24 Sep. 2021
  • Our Amber & Justin have been taken from us in such a senseless act.
    Helena Oliviero, ajc, 20 Nov. 2021
  • How can we not all be filled with outrage over the senseless killing and shooting of young children?
    Star Tribune, 26 May 2021
  • Batt’s discomfort with the senseless killing of the dog was evident to others at the scene.
    Ali Winston, Rolling Stone, 9 Jan. 2023
  • Israel was castigated for such things as the cruel and senseless murder of Palestine Chronicle journalist ...
    Jeffrey Blehar, National Review, 18 Sep. 2024

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