Example Sentences

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“There’s brutality here, but also brilliance — anemones, despite literal brainlessness, adeptly size up their rivals — and astonishing tenderness.”

From New York Times • Mar. 24, 2022

That simplicity, almost an intentional brainlessness at the Internet’s most fundamental level, is a key to its adaptability.

From Washington Post • Apr. 6, 2020

Unfortunately, my rash brainlessness was obscured from me.

From Slate • Mar. 14, 2017

Even King’s commentary on how cyber-connectivity breeds brainlessness feels shoehorned-in — mostly limited to a few lines from a snooty private-school administrator played by Stacy Keach.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 7, 2016

In fine, W—— was not in any respect peculiar, or, as a community, specially afflicted with heartlessness, frivolity, brainlessness, or mammonism; the average was fair, reputable, in all respects.

From Macaria by Evans, Augusta J. (Augusta Jane)