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
• Our thoughts are with the victims of these senseless acts.
  — Crimesider Staff, CBS News, 4 July 2018
• 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
• The neighbor who was with the victim said the shooting was senseless.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al.com, 23 July 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
• The feeling that the whole thing is senseless may be part of why ratings for the speech are largely down.
  — Michelle Ruiz, Vogue, 5 Feb. 2019
• 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 | [e-mail], 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 | [e-mail], 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
• Counselors, therapy dogs and law enforcement are on campus as Apalachee – like many schools across the US – works to recover after a senseless school shooting.
  — Dalia Faheid, CNN, 5 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 12 Dec 2024