Sentence examples for gratuitous display from inspiring English sources
Nowhere in the collection is there any gratuitous display of metrical show-jumping.
IS media are not simply fora for the gratuitous display of violence but rather venues for rational, strategic communication designed mainly for regional consumption.
The Western ballet world used to deplore the addition of a Jester to "Swan Lake" as a tacky Soviet excuse for gratuitous display.
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.
Nonetheless, their gratuitous display by some of the largest and most respected news broadcasters has left the impression that Iran is either under nationwide martial law or experiencing a bloodbath under complete darkness.
He did not ease up and even dipped his head for the finish, a somewhat gratuitous display of commitment given that Talbot was by then battling Trinidad & Tobago's Richard Thompson for the silver way back in Bolt's wake.
But I try not to frighten ordinary people with any gratuitous displays of mental superiority".
On a spit of land without fancy restaurants, battles for parking spots, or gratuitous displays of opulence, both sets visit the same ice cream shop, small library and dilapidated first-run movie theater.
Follow You and Go to Hell, For Heaven's Sake, for example, employ the same twinkly guitars, suspense-laden build ups and pained lyrics, which are either gratuitous displays of feelings, or sticking two fingers up at politics.
So when I watched Lena Dunham sit naked in the shower in the "One Man's Garbage" episode of Girls, you would think I would be used to such gratuitous displays of belly buttons.
I appreciated that the film takes it for granted that Brendan loves his wife and his children and doesn't feel the need to add gratuitous displays of 'emotion' (i.e. no overacted playtime with kids, no flashes to happy moments during a climactic moment of struggle, etc).
