inanely

Example Sentences

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And Lucky’s monologue—veering inanely through realms including religion, academics and sports—is delivered by Mr. Thornton not, as it usually is, as a galloping pile of gabble, but with a musing seriousness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 29, 2025

Inanely virtuous sisters are engaged to a pair of unrelated, inanely cocky bros.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2025

Instead of inanely repetitive micro reports about very local weather, could the news channels not fit in a few other important stories of concern to those of us living far from hurricane alley?

From Seattle Times • Sep. 30, 2022

Ogden, impersonating both pod host and guest, blabs inanely about the importance of “conversation” and “dialogue.”

From Slate • Mar. 12, 2021

He gestures towards the general, who smiles inanely at his own put-down.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez