Sentence examples similar to a gratuitous question from inspiring English sources

He then takes a gratuitous swipe at the NRA and citizens who want to legally carry concealed weapons and poses rhetorical questions about whether it would be more dangerous to let citizens have concealed weapon permits.

Violence, swearing, a gratuitous shower.

15 37 A gratuitous masturbation reference on "Blue".

Were they just a gratuitous mess?

Hogarth, too, puts in a gratuitous appearance.

For Nature, this was a gratuitous absurdity.

He called the move a "gratuitous slap".

Let's have a gratuitous Shevchenko video.

Is this a newsworthy artifact or a gratuitous snuff film?

This was an ugly formulation, but not a gratuitous one.

This was a gratuitous swipe at the survivors.