Sentence examples for take gratuitous from inspiring English sources

For someone who can't take gratuitous violence, I've become curiously addicted to the rituals and techniques of ancient battlecraft.

Far from where the daily, relentless fighting was going on, he pointed out, Radcliff was probably less disposed to take gratuitous violence in stride; besides, there were infinitely more people at the division base, and that gave him a better chance of finding the effective ally he needed.

For him to now say, "I'm not in the media, I'm not poised in this world of political expression, I never take gratuitous shots at people or go over the top and I'm not particularly pointed in one direction," each of those things was ludicrous.

There will be grumbles about political correctness, for those who prized the right to offend grieve for the power and status it gave them, but the majority will continue to muddle through, trying not to truly offend or take gratuitous offence and trying not to be too sombre.

That doesn't mean you always want to play it safe; it means that you ought not to take gratuitous risks.

Will he keep taking gratuitous penalties, like Monday night's slash on the way to the bench?

This guy has a long history of making irrational statements and taking gratuitous potshots at his competitors".

"For the most part it was helpful, but in some areas we felt that they took gratuitous shots at the district in a way that was self-serving for the comptroller's office," said Alan B. Groveman, superintendent of the Connetquot district on Long Island.

(Unfortunately, it can be a struggle to take such gratuitous gore seriously, resembling, as it so often does, a particularly bloody Monty Python skit).

Almost every time the public has risen as one to fight for culinary justice, corporations have flopped over the national knee and taken a gratuitous public spanking.

The PCC accepted News International's response at face value and then took a gratuitous swipe at The Guardian for good measure.