Sentence examples for taste for gratuitous from inspiring English sources

Caillois also introduces the idea that games range along a continuum between two modes: ludus, "the taste for gratuitous difficulty," and paidia, "the power of improvisation and joy".

Best known for wry sense of humour and penchant for gratuitous gunplay.

By contrast and to Metternich's great pleasure, Alexander displayed bad manners and a penchant for gratuitous insults.

Loses a point for gratuitous mention of "macrobiotic soup".

I distinctly remember that, while writing this, I feared criticism for gratuitous alarmism.

Yet here such observations seem false, jimmied in for gratuitous dramatic echoes.

In 2013, in an otherwise civilised society, seeking such a designation for gratuitous slaughter is perverse.

Even when Heidi goes for gratuitous poignance at the end, Ms. Harmon gets there.

Crumb luxuriates in the carnality of Genesis without playing it for gratuitous shock or comic effect.

It's almost like a get-out-of-jail-free card for gratuitous trips to the mall.

GPOY stands for "gratuitous photos of yourself" and is more or less obligatory on Facebook but deeply uncool on Tumblr.