Sentence examples for gratuitous cause from inspiring English sources

First, the idea that religion is a gratuitous cause of violence, whose elimination would promote peace.

"They did not give the right warning and therefore they did cause gratuitous offence".

Torturing a victim to extract secret information may be rationalised, but if there is no obvious gain why cause gratuitous pain?

He carefully vetted every document he gave us, and then on top of that, asked that we only publish those which ought to be disclosed and would not cause gratuitous harm: the same analytical judgment that all media outlets and whistleblowers make all the time.

This methodology causes gratuitous suffering, and deliberately so.

A genuinely creative production can get the message to the right people without causing gratuitous offence.

In his Guardian piece, Kunzru stood up for free speech but responded to the likes of Owaisi in a tone of conciliation: "I would like to reiterate that in taking this action I believed (and continue to believe) that I was not breaking the law, and had no interest in causing gratuitous offense.

"Police have been seen attacking bystanders, charging into houses, engaging in indiscriminate beatings and causing some gratuitous damage to property," the statement read.

And then, every single car needs a technology solution that can record every honk, and charge drivers' fines for noise pollution caused from gratuitous honking.

Olson, who together with David Boies secured a historic victory in the supreme court in June last year which restored marriage equality in California, said: "Virginia's marriage laws are needlessly mean-spirited and cause harsh and gratuitous pain and humiliation to gay and lesbian Virginians and their families.

"Serious and gratuitous" violence by British soldiers caused the death of an Iraqi hotel worker and injuries to nine other innocent civilians, a landmark public inquiry ruled yesterday.