causeless

Example Sentences

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When our friends pass from our sight and we lament, that lamentation is needless and causeless.

From Time Magazine Archive

He tired easily, slept fitfully, found himself a prey to causeless fears.

From Time Magazine Archive

The great Anna Karenina, for instance, forced Vronsky into a certain position by the causeless jealousy of a maniac—yet that position was the only real solution to their problem, and it was the inevitable solution.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

As we shook hands he burst into a loud, seemingly causeless laugh; and as he guffawed I could not tell whether his mirth was directed at me or was meant to hide his uneasiness.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright

I expected to have to spend some weeks in Naples, but it turned out that young Jack had given us all a causeless scare.

From Christina by Moberly, L. G.