Anyone who frequents Twitter or Facebook or texts on their cellphones knows that pointlessness is often exactly the point. From Wordnik.com. [Twidiots that Twuffle the time away] Reference
Thanks, Katie … pointlessness is my aim. From Wordnik.com. [This goat is your goat, this goat is my goat : The Archive] Reference
The pointlessness was the point. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-12-01] Reference
She knew the pointlessness of dressing up bad news. From Wordnik.com. [A Place of Execution]
It was General Studies - the exam of all pointlessness. From Wordnik.com. [\"So, examiner, what do you think to the justification of law-breaking?\"] Reference
I don't mind pointlessness or shout-outs to his buddies. From Wordnik.com. [Don McNay: Outliers and the Hillbilly Sterotype] Reference
He couldn't take another day of misery and pointlessness. From Wordnik.com. [The Distant Echo]
She felt suddenly isolated by the pointlessness of it all. From Wordnik.com. [The Silent Tower]
In addition to its pointlessness, it came to look dangerous. From Wordnik.com. [WASN'T THE GRASS GREENER A Curmudgeon's Fond Memories]
Really, let's celebrate the delightful pointlessness of RSC. From Wordnik.com. [anne-jumps Diary Entry] Reference
And by the way, if you read this, sorry for the pointlessness. From Wordnik.com. [cacatherine Diary Entry] Reference
Then you will realize the pointlessness of existence early on. From Wordnik.com. [saru-san Diary Entry] Reference
By now, we can all concoct our own platitudes of pointlessness. From Wordnik.com. [Bob Franken: Financial Reform: Luce Thinking] Reference
The pointlessness of human activity is the major theme of the book. From Wordnik.com. [Vanity of vanities; all is vanity] Reference
Now she reflected with remorse on the pointlessness of her devotion. From Wordnik.com. [WILD SWANS THREE DAUGHTERS OF CHINA]
"Fine, whatever," I said, admitting the pointlessness of the endeavor. From Wordnik.com. [Aaron Greenspan: Customer Disservice Spotlight On: FedEx] Reference
And then: was there a point to contemplating the pointlessness of it all?. From Wordnik.com. [An East Wind Coming]
You'll never finish for good, but you'll learn the point of pointlessness. From Wordnik.com. [Karen Maezen Miller: 10 Tips for a Mindful Home] Reference
By the way, I agree with those who highlight the pointlessness of banning. From Wordnik.com. [Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister?] Reference
If I weren't so in touch with the utter pointlessness of it all, maybe I would. From Wordnik.com. [kinaesthesia Diary Entry] Reference
Another Bach effort, Brandenburg, is of an unbearable blandness and pointlessness. From Wordnik.com. [City Ballet Shows Off Its Youth, Bids Farewell to Woetzel] Reference
He was not afraid of death, but the pointlessness of its occurring here irked him. From Wordnik.com. [An Ill Fate Marshalling]
In “Whatever Works,” Boris goes into long tirades about the pointlessness of life. From Wordnik.com. [‘No, We’re Not BFFs Yet’] Reference
The rate of perceived risk or the pointlessness of not doing it seems to be going down. From Wordnik.com. [President Closing Remarks At 1st Session Of Family Values Con] Reference
She always understood the pointlessness of counting on legislative bodies for smarts and sense. From Wordnik.com. [Tomorrow, Tomorrow] Reference
I was weeping, too, for the loss and the pointlessness, for the utter, terrible waste of it all. From Wordnik.com. [A Breath of Snow and Ashes]
'That's something you'll have to take up with AC Hillier,' Lynley said, 'the pointlessness of it.'. From Wordnik.com. [With No One as Witness]
What's left are sophomoric writing, clueless direction and an overwhelming pointlessness of purpose. From Wordnik.com. [Guess Who Hated This Film?] Reference
If there is a single message in the biblical story of Samson, it is the pointlessness of pure power. From Wordnik.com. [Not David, Samson] Reference
The movie, about the pointlessness and horror of the Great War, was based on a novel by Erich Maria Remarque. From Wordnik.com. ['Human Smoke: The Beginnings of World War II, the End of Civilization'] Reference
Even this description is probably too forceful and direct to get across the meandering pointlessness of the film. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Giltz: Cannes 2010 Day One: Robin Hood Ho-Hum] Reference
“The term nihilism is sometimes used … to denote a general mood of despair at the pointlessness of existence.”. From Wordnik.com. [Wounded Trust, Lost Revenues] Reference
By telling these stories, Barrett brings home to the reader the pointlessness of modern war and the damage it inflicts on the survivors. From Wordnik.com. [Shellshock and Redemption] Reference
Peace is made between the combatants of any conflict; "peace" with only chosen "moderates" is an exercise in redundancy and pointlessness. From Wordnik.com. [Tony Karon: Change Gaza Can Believe In] Reference
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