Sentence examples for extraneous like from inspiring English sources

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Every "um" and "ah" and extraneous "like" is given considered rhythmic emphasis, as if these chatty ramblings were composed with strict ideas of meter in mind.

But here, the facts feel weakly extraneous, like bits of background that should cushion our descent into Dacca.

"They are looking at the curriculum; postponing the kinds of things that are seen as extraneous, like school construction; increasing student fees for extracurriculars.

He ended up editing YoungTrigg's edits, toning down entries that seemed biased, removing material that seemed extraneous, like the exact unit that Ms. Palin's son is serving in that will be going to Iraq.

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The dialogue on the terrific HBO show "Girls" likewise hews closely to strict naturalism, including all those extraneous "likes" that English teachers find so maddening.

There may be a generational component to this new appreciation of messy everyday speech: the dialogue on the terrific HBO show "Girls" likewise hews closely to strict naturalism, including all those extraneous "likes" that English teachers find so maddening.

Returning home, I discovered to my horror and disbelief that the song was also absent from the 20-song compilation The Complete Tom Jones, which includes all kinds of extraneous slop like Something Bout You Baby I Like and the previously mentioned The Young New Mexican Puppeteer, neither of which can be called integral elements in the Jonesian canon.

They write entire books with one letter missing — not an extraneous letter like "x" or "y," but a crucial one, like "e". They scribble — and then read aloud — love stories with no genders revealed.

Wedding websites not only detail every aspect of when you're getting married (as in when your entire family will be gone and their houses likely empty for multiple events), but often provide other extraneous information like your birthdays (that "about us" section) and gives the bride's soon-to-be maiden name.

Moreover, she said, the agent insisted on extraneous requirements, like life insurance coverage.

"We'll weed out extraneous items, like bills and Chinese menus".

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