Sentence examples for gratuitous use of from inspiring English sources

(Apologies for that gratuitous use of the phrase "male grooming").

Boyle denied "punctuating" material with racist references or making "gratuitous" use of black people.

It is familiar to some for its gratuitous use of the female form; to others, it represents high art.

"It is the dawn of a new era for F1," announced Jones, promising "speed, power, glamour – and the gratuitous use of helicopters".

This prompted a single complaint: "I'm not a prude, but I take the view that the gratuitous use of the F-word is neither clever nor funny.

The final act is ushered in with a sweeping litany of Vlad's evil history, followed by truly unexpected horrors — including the gratuitous use of squirrels in a sequence in which "campy" and "surreal" more or less French kiss.

Big moments, such as Mrs Alving's realisation that "there are as many ghosts as grains of sand", are lent a gratuitous portentousness by the use of an echo-chamber effect.

Al-Shabab's use of gratuitous and indiscriminate violence; the callous decision to block aid from reaching millions of starving Somalis; its unrelenting belligerence and rejection of a peaceful political settlement and the brutal Sharia regime it has imposed in the south have all combined to create a profound sense of alienation.

That is not, as some viewers think, because Wainwright's use of violence is gratuitous.

The report focused on the "rampant" use of "unnecessary or gratuitous" force, a problem made worse by the use of tactical units — heavily armed officers who are poorly trained and steeped in "violent subcultures" — for ordinary police work.

At other times, the use of body doubles seems gratuitous and distracting.