Another non-sequitur is a proposal to train teachers to "make lessons more relevant to students from different cultures". From Wordnik.com. [Sound Politics: It's in the P-I] Reference
Non sequitur is Latin for It does not follow. From Wordnik.com. [non sequitur] Reference
That non sequitur is refuted by the Constitution’s plain language …. From Wordnik.com. [mjh's blog — 2006 — February] Reference
Her genius is for the non sequitur, which is why she's happy to have stopped making movies for a while. From Wordnik.com. [A Little Night Music With Bette] Reference
Non sequitur is deliberately satirical. From Wordnik.com. [See Us in the Funny Pages] Reference
Non sequitur is Latin. From Wordnik.com. [Reaction to my management style] Reference
And so forth, to the astonishment of the auditory, who did not exactly see the 'sequitur' in either instance. From Wordnik.com. [The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846] Reference
LIU: This may be a non sequitur, but work with me. From Wordnik.com. [Movies: Threesome] Reference
It was a non sequitur that he did not even notice. From Wordnik.com. [No Man's Mistress]
BIDEN: Look, I think that's a bit of a non-sequitur. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 28, 2003] Reference
This non sequitur is presented as if it's an epiphany. From Wordnik.com. [Toot, Toot, Beep, Beep] Reference
That seemed like a non sequitur, but he couldn't refute it. From Wordnik.com. [Up In A Heaval]
ROMNEY: Well, the question is kind of a non sequitur, if you will. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 5, 2007] Reference
I was taken aback by the non sequitur, but followed the best I could. From Wordnik.com. [Manner of Death]
ROMNEY: Well, I answered the question by saying it's a non - sequitur. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 5, 2007] Reference
WEST: I think that is a perfect classroom example of a non - sequitur. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 1, 2006] Reference
It was ignored by journalism's concierges as an anecdotal non sequitur. From Wordnik.com. [The Simple Life: White House Edition] Reference
So let me -- let me kind of jump off of that in a non sequitur sort of way. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 21, 2007] Reference
It was something of a non sequitur, but he carefully didn't look at Marvel. From Wordnik.com. [The Empress File]
Other than that, it's hard to explain why he would give such a non sequitur. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 19, 2009] Reference
In fronte libri apparet note quæ sequitur, manu ipsius defuncti D. du Fay exarata. From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries, Number 40, August 3, 1850] Reference
He did not explain this apparent non sequitur to Lestrade, and I had my mouth full. From Wordnik.com. [A Letter of Mary]
E quae sequitur, de represso modice rictu oris, reductisque introrsum labiis, effertur. From Wordnik.com. [The Roman Pronunciation of Latin Why we use it and how to use it] Reference
That's a non sequitur that I have yet found to -- I'm unable to intellectually embrace. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 5, 2006] Reference
It's called a "non-sequitur" and comedians use them to abruptly confuse or surprise you. From Wordnik.com. [ianthopia Diary Entry] Reference
This is courtesy of Conan O'Brien, his take on Moammar Gadhafi's giant U.N. non sequitur. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 24, 2009] Reference
A nice non sequitur worth 0.75 mandelsons (the maestro would have said "proves" not "shows"). From Wordnik.com. [Coalition spinmasters have learned Mandelson's tricks] Reference
The non sequitur: therefore all assertions are equally indeterminate -- and equally respectable. From Wordnik.com. [Torricelli's Larger Point] Reference
So: Children are a net cost to government and therefore (non sequitur alert) counterstimulative. From Wordnik.com. [Stimulating Times] Reference
The most prevalent poetic representation of contemporary experience is the mimesis of disorientation by non sequitur. From Wordnik.com. [Poetry: What Does It Accomplish?] Reference
Bullying arrogance is a consequence of the non sequitur that the fact of liberals 'foolishness proves conservatives' wisdom. From Wordnik.com. [Senator Byrd Is Not Amused] Reference
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