extraneous

Example Sentences

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Ms. Fanning is important in playing Marissa’s sympathetic friend and partner in guilt; in her job as a book marketer, she has something of an extraneous subplot to pursue.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 5, 2025

Ellie’s choppy boat ride, the rogue wave washing her ashore, her capture and release at the hands of the cult — all were colorful and dramatic but felt abrupt and even extraneous to the story.

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2025

"He was just quietly sitting there, taking script pages out, cutting them up, removing extraneous stuff like scene descriptions, and then sticking them back onto blank pages," he said.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2025

For an even more extraneous cinematic reference, Barry Keoghan reprises his role from Banshees of Inisherin for Squarespace … a service that sells a domain-making tool.

From Slate • Feb. 10, 2025

They have no compulsion to prevent one coming to harm through an extraneous agency such as gamma rays.

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov