Sentence examples for a superfluous effort from inspiring English sources

Meanwhile the director, Anthony Wonke, splices in news footage of generals and politicians discussing the lofty goals of the fighting, along with high aerial shots of the landscape, in a superfluous effort to make a point about big pictures and small pictures.

"The superfluous effort is not simply wasteful: it also poses the added threats of confusion and inconsistent results," Wiley wrote in his decision.

"It's a superfluous expense".

Rarely did he use a superfluous word.

Turgenev called Ivanov a "superfluous man".

Their verbiage sustains a superfluous metaphysical apparatus.

It became a superfluous and impossible task".

Each clue contained a superfluous word*.

Because I'm a superfluous woman myself".

Ever thought your bike had a superfluous wheel?

I don't share anything... I'm a superfluous person".