Sentence examples for a pointless thing from inspiring English sources

What a pointless thing to tell us.

But part of me takes pleasure in doing a pointless thing -- dancing.

That this much green and calm would make me realise what a pointless thing it is I do and that I'd want, instead, to become a shepherd.

That may seem like a pointless thing to know, but such a random walk neatly describes the motion of a molecule in a sample of liquid or electrons rattling around in a metal.

"This is not a pointless thing.

Which seems kind of a pointless thing to deny someone who's not eating any food.

Probably won't happen, though, and it would be an arguably pointless thing to call for, seeing as the House of Representatives is controlled by a party for whom government dysfunction is an essential part of its brand identity.

I suspect that without that motivation, there would have been a great deal less prestige at stake in the space war and they might both have agreed that planting a man on the moon was a silly and pointless thing to do.

Left unsaid is the reason nobody has ever done it before: It is a pointless, duplicative thing to do.

And after all, the most pointless thing to do is to leave a seat well alone.

"This is the most pointless thing," Mr. Mays said in one text message to the girl.