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The meek Eagles sputtered and stalled, brainlessly frittering a time out that might have extended the game.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 12, 2026

“Grass,” Victoria sighs brainlessly, and she checks out from reality again, unaware that vapid admission has cast her in the grim two-hander playing in her frantic husband's head.

From Salon Mar. 24, 2025

At a quick 95 minutes, at least the whole thing zips by, however brainlessly.

From New York Times Apr. 21, 2022

They’re just as brainlessly distractible as they were when they were alive.

From The Verge Dec. 5, 2018

They had been behind German lines before many times—living like woods creatures, living from moment to moment in useful terror, thinking brainlessly with their spinal cords.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut