Sentence examples for even gratuitous from inspiring English sources

One of the new freedoms ushered in by cultural change was the license to depict casual or even gratuitous nudity.

When even gratuitous female nudity can't energise the lazy pod people of America, then there's nothing left but to turn these shows into Thunderdome for celebrities.

But what seemed to be a futile, even gratuitous, display of partisan aggression that Republican leaders derided as a waste of time, Mr. Reid's allies say was a masterful effort.

As most readers of this essay surely know from experience, anything that undermines that motivation pressure to produce, meddling by management, fear of sanctions, anxiety, resentment, even gratuitous performance bonuses worsens work performance.

Obviously special f/x, even gratuitous effects, have been used for good and not just evil.

And why did even the gratuitous violence of the police, which should have rung so true, feel so emotionally empty?

This principle is upheld by Jay and Silent Bob Jasonn Mewes and Mr. Smith), fixtures of the director's universe, who function as Greek chorus and comic relief, interrupting the usual barrage of non sequiturs and smutty jokes with even more gratuitous filth and absurdity.

Trump's breach of promise over the release of his tax returns is even more gratuitous than Clinton concealing her Goldman Sachs transcripts.

WikiLeaks also said that Trump's refusal to release the returns is even more "gratuitous" than "Clinton not releasing transcripts of a meeting with Goldman Sachs," referring to paid speeches she made to executives of the powerful financial firm.

In the first episode, there's a Hey, Boobs! moment even more gratuitous than the ones in "Magic City"; it's vaguely arty and pretentious; it's full of characters who either secretly dislike each other or openly dislike each other and all in all, make for a sour atmosphere.

Yet because the updating is hardly noticeable until the third act, when references to Italian nationalism occur, they strike one as gratuitous, even frivolous.