Example sentences for: superfluous

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

  • Even when the pronunciation of a given word was precisely the same as that of the collectors, their desire to indicate the exotic qualities of black speech led them to utilize such misleading and superfluous spellings as wen for "when," fo'k or fokes for "folks."

  • To pick up some superfluous Cuban-American votes, he signed the Helms-Burton law, which predictably enraged America's key allies and trading partners.

  • Now with plenty of smart comedy aimed at kids-- The Simpsons and Letterman come to mind-- Mad is as superfluous and weary as the grandfather we shunted into that nursing home.

  • I've written enough here about the vices of mergers, and those vices are well-documented enough, to make any extended comment on the Monsanto/Pharmacia deal superfluous.

  • Rosenbaum himself approached Lanzmann, was abused over minor procedural matters, and was told that the investigation of the Holocaust had become superfluous because "it has been done.


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


Search

Search for example sentences

Loading Loading...
Quantcast