Example sentences for: asinine

How can you use “asinine” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • An asinine , human action is the one only an ass should commit, since ass `animal known for its stupidity' is based on Latin asinus `ass.

  • Three of these fusions could very well be contemporary: rug-headed, urchin-snouted, and Agueface (an in-your-face gibe delivered to the asinine Sir Andrew Aguecheek in Twelfth-Night ).

  • “ `highly offensive' in any context because it denotes the stereotype of the American Indian” (too asinine to merit comment).

  • When Licklider arrived, his agency specialized in the sort of esoteric Department of Defense research that could only be called "asinine" (his word, in fact).

  • Such policies are not only asinine, they are—and here I have found another appropriate place for the buzz word of the decade— counterproductive: the energies expended on vengeance are entirely wasted and should be channeled to changing the present system to ensure that they are not continued.


How many words do you know? Try our free vocabulary size test!


Search

Search for example sentences

Loading Loading...
Quantcast