Sentence examples for seems pointless from inspiring English sources

'seems pointless' is correct and can be used in written English.
You can use this phrase to express a feeling that something is (or appears to be) pointless or useless. For example, "Studying for this test seems pointless; I already know the material."

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The sneering identification of an Allied bomber pilot as "a former Australian sheep farmer" seems pointless.

So economic analysis of soccer seems pointless.

"Our marriage seems pointless now," they'll whimper.

It all seems pointless," he says.

If it seems pointless, make a point.

I'd like to fly forwards; backwards seems pointless.

Arguing, in libraries or universities, or even on Tahrir Square, with Al Qaeda believers seems pointless.

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Seems pointless to keep making 2.5G devices since T-Mobile's 3G network should be in full swing by 2009.

After years of cooking for her husband and children, loss of this caregiving role made the act of food preparation seem futile: It (cooking) just seems pointless…Now that I don't have to cook, I don't do much.

Perhaps, given the Chinese government's flagrant disregard of its own law, a call for his release seems pointless.

But while some lyricists, notably many in hip-hop, are remarkably poetic, it seems pointless — and even harmful — to insist on lyrics as poetry.

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