arbitrarily

Example Sentences

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Students of history will note that one of the reasons why the American colonies became the United States was because colonists got tired of King George III arbitrarily prosecuting those who disagreed with him.

From Salon

“I am concerned this Safe Sleep program—which I happened to arbitrarily spot-check---is not an outlier,” he wrote.

From Los Angeles Times

The bishops called for immigration reform and expressed sadness that some immigrants had arbitrarily lost their legal status.

From Los Angeles Times

"If Gaddafi was able to be arbitrarily detained in Lebanon for 10 years, it's because the justice system was not independent," Bayon said, according to AFP.

From BBC

"If Kadhafi was able to be arbitrarily detained in Lebanon for 10 years, it's because the justice system was not independent," Bayon said.

From Barron's