Sentence examples for bit superfluous from inspiring English sources

They are a bit superfluous, but surely compatible with the older things here.

By the time an actual carnival appears in Mark Richard's story collection, "Charity," it seems a bit superfluous.

The sequel may not have the first Raid's absolute novelty, and the plot is a bit superfluous.

To be clear, President William McKinley has one of the largest grave sites of any former American president, so perhaps a mountaintop was a bit superfluous.

He was less effective, maybe even a bit superfluous, on a rather halfhearted interpretation of the Motown classic "Tears of a Clown".

It would be easy to say that Mr. Sierra's efforts make everything else here seem a bit superfluous, but that's what life tends to do to art.

Buchanan's ridiculous statement about Sotomayor's time at Princeton and how she worked to master the English language is a superfluous bit of commentary that he does not even need to make his point.

Laura, who is maniacal about the fit of the clothing, said, "You can't sit down," and removed a pair of scissors from her pocket to trim superfluous bits of leather from the tiny belts on the sleeves.

Most metabolism researchers think that the process evolved in response to the stress of starvation; cells would round up and consume superfluous bits of themselves to keep the rest of the cell alive.

Fulton accused Robertson (who doesn't speak Swedish) of borrowing from his more faithful versions while inserting superfluous bits of Robertson's own creation — in essence, creating poems that are neither accurate translations nor interesting departures.

From the mouth of a less articulate person Winton's story would be a mess, but it would still appear to flow in our mind's ear because as we listened, we'd filter out the superfluous bits and create a fluent narrative.