uselessly
Example Sentences
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“Don’t use stalker as a verb,” says Cole, clinging uselessly onto a handrail.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2023
“It’s uselessly costly and its storage is small and battery life even worse.”
From New York Times ● Apr. 18, 2023
As in conventional power plants, much of the heat produced will dissipate uselessly rather than transfer to the water that turns into steam to drive a turbine.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 14, 2022
And after they bounce around uselessly, they're hoping to swindle more of their obscenely rich friends into doing the same.
From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2021
While that was going on I was curled uselessly in a ball with my arms over my head and my teeth clenched, so I missed a bit of the action.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
