Sentence examples for an arbitrary yardstick from inspiring English sources

Saying that pitch counts were "an arbitrary yardstick" to measure performance, the lawyers said umpires were being told to "hunt for strikes".

It's an arbitrary number.

It seemed an arbitrary end.

1980 is an arbitrary date.

It's an arbitrary amount.

This is an arbitrary figure, I know.

A planet is an arbitrary thing.

But that's an arbitrary decision".

"But that is an arbitrary definition.

Admittedly, that was an arbitrary figure.

This feels like an arbitrary distinction.