Sentence examples similar to gratuitous deeds from inspiring English sources

A gratuitous act of insouciance.

David Harewood, "Free In Deed".

"Free in Deed".

Max's deeds rarely strike us as gratuitous.

What is awful about Jeremiah being beaten by one of his mother's admirers, for example, is not the deed itself, which the camera attends in gratuitous proximity, but the helpful air of acceptance with which, some time later, he offers a leather belt to the next man, fully expecting to be punished for his sins.

Gratuitous, too.

Or gratuitous?

Stark, gratuitous.

Note that gratuitous "lamely".

"They are not gratuitous.

It's just gratuitous.