extraneous

Example Sentences

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And a solo for limber Yuniel Betancourt that is meant to serve as punctuation feels more extraneous than conclusive.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025

And he throws in seemingly extraneous references to British troops hearing bagpipes and to Lord Lovat of Scotland.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 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

One could read this strange, extraneous sight as Perkins’ attempt to send up our macabre fixation with death, rubbernecking at gruesome sights we should want to turn away from.

From Salon • Feb. 21, 2025

The sleeping pill was an extraneous gesture; I didn’t need it, but the mere possibility of restlessness, of an afternoon full of bad dreams and distant plumbing noises, was too unpleasant to even contemplate.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt