Sentence examples for slightly superfluous from inspiring English sources

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Bond's jaunt to Cuba, though slightly superfluous, is a welcome throwback to the days of Connery, both in the refreshing lack of gadgetry and Halle Berry's Ursula Andrentranceentrancecentrance

If learning how to peel an orange with a knife and fork may seem slightly superfluous in Europe, in China the newly rich are ready to pay what it takes to acquire the manners that come with their new status.

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The word is often superfluous and sometimes slightly annoying.

Our use of a diluted 11 nmol injection may seem superfluous as it requires an extra step in preparation and is slightly inferior to the 1 nmol injection in terms of unwanted flow-through to distal lymph nodes (Table 1).

The slightly larger scale and brassiness of this arrangement render the houses clustered around it superfluous and a bit bland, a feeling that spreads inexorably to the surrounding townships.

The nitrate solution of RE3+ was prepared by dissolving the corresponding oxide with a slightly excessive amount of nitric acid, followed by evaporation at approximately 90°C to dryness to remove the superfluous acid.

The anonymous author seemed to relish his cheeky, slightly un-Timesean kicker, which quoted a Republican on the state of the House: "a supine, subservient, soporific, superfluous, supercilious, pusillanimous body of nitwits".

Superfluous, indeed.

Superfluous man.

You eliminate the superfluous.

That would be superfluous.

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