Example Sentences

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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