Sentence examples for they were gratuitous from inspiring English sources

And so Obama salted his campaign speeches with ExxonMobil references even when they were gratuitous.

If you watched their scenes and thought they were gratuitous, you should probably give your optician a bell.

Since the students spoke English, the offers were gratuitous.

And, most damaging, there were gratuitous expressions of scorn for international opinion and support.

Trump's aspersions were gratuitous, inflammatory, dishonest — and relentless.

The traditionals are irritated by what they feel is gratuitous pressure; the challengers, who would opt for ready-golf, are impatient with what they perceive as plodding and indecisive play.

Next, they decided to synthesize a number of lactose analogs; some of them (i.e., some thiogalactosides) turned out to be excellent inducers, without being hydrolyzed by the enzyme; they were called gratuitous inducers.

"Most sex scenes you see in films or on TV are gratuitous and they're usually just to attract an audience.

But Peter Campbell, the managing director of Triple Star Management, a New Zealand construction firm, told me that, by and large, once his American clients arrive, they decide that underground shelters are gratuitous.

Perks shouldn't be gratuitous; rather, they should somehow boost performance or engender loyalty.

"Most sex scenes you see in films or on TV are gratuitous and they're usually just to attract an audience," she continued.