Sentence examples for no purpose the from inspiring English sources

Though Ms. von Waldenburg overacts to no purpose, the gleeful spite of the aphorisms the women trade is delicious.

I tried adding a scrap of Italian speck (smoked raw ham) to the skewer, but it served no purpose: the beets by themselves were just perfect, and gorgeous to look at.

It was made to look massive by its stone towers and by the increased spacing of the two chords at the support, yet structurally the towers serve no purpose; the lower chord of the arch is actually hinged at the abutments, and all of the load is carried to the foundations by that lower chord.

Now if Obama's intention was in fact to get rid of the Commerce Department because it serves no purpose, the appointment would perhaps have made sense, but it appears that is not the plan, and so Gregg is just a redundant clown in Obama's circus.

Finally, this behavior is a bad idea because it serves no purpose — the point of a ruck is to push the opposing team away from the ball so that your team can get it, not to bury the ball so that no one can get it.

The Supreme Court says no, the purpose of the Florida election statute is to count every vote".

Rumours that it was to come down came up regularly; the chimney had no purpose, and the turbines it served last generated power in the mid-1980s.

Fish tanks with no purpose since the cat ate the guppies.

7. Play Recreation, travel, adventure, sports, activities with no purpose beyond the enjoyment of the activity itself.

A domestic campaign such as the one currently being run by the Rajapaksa regime in opposing the resolution will serve no purpose in the long term.

Despite being played by (among others) Bob Hoskins, Ray Winstone, and Toby Jones, the dwarfs serve no purpose in the overall story and are nothing but a distraction.