How to Use mindless in a Sentence

mindless

adjective

• The article was a mindless piece of nonsense.
• He seemed to be completely mindless of the danger he was facing.
• The movie has been criticized for its mindless violence.
• She was mindless of her appearance.
• The way to stem the tide of mindless violence is to deal with the source of it.
  — WSJ, 9 Mar. 2018
• This isn't to say that the downtime has to be mindless.
  — Elissa Strauss, CNN, 28 Jan. 2020
• In fact, mindless scrolling keeps you up at night, too!
  — Jennifer Jolly, USA TODAY, 31 Aug. 2023
• The trick here, though, is that this isn't mindless wandering or an ode to the city's nightlife.
  — Rebecca Farley, refinery29.com, 17 May 2018
• We won't be dogged by that mindless 19-0 talk all autumn.
  — Jeff Jacobs, courant.com, 8 Sep. 2017
• Jot down each task (even those that seem mindless or mundane).
  — Tammy Homegardner, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2022
• But all the mindless Instagram scrolling that comes with feeling the big sads was good for one thing.
  — Alaina Demopoulos, Allure, 19 May 2022
• Aim for seven to eight hours per night to guard against mindless eating.
  — Arkansas Online, 16 Nov. 2022
• Of course, mindless games can be useful too, depending on the needs of the player.
  — Kimberly Rex, Wired, 8 Oct. 2020
• Crunchy and sandy, with a hint of maple and molasses, these are mindless tea cookies to pass the time, and some cookies don’t need to do much more.
  — Alex Beggs, Bon Appétit, 22 Feb. 2023
• The best way to counteract mindless scrolling is with mindful scrolling.
  — Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic, 7 Oct. 2021
• Instead, keep the lights dim and do something mindless, such as folding socks.
  — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 18 Mar. 2022
• Across the country, the homebound are finding ways to cope, creative sources of joy, or just mindless pursuits to make the days go by.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 12 Apr. 2020
• Trump and his mindless followers will run out of steam (and rage) long before 2024.
  — Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times, 19 Nov. 2020
• Even as the mindless summer fun for which it’s intended, the overlong movie falls short.
  — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Aug. 2023
• There’s nothing mindless or spineless about the synth-pop of Chvrches.
  — John Adamian, courant.com, 28 June 2019
• The results run the gamut from 100-hour epics to mindless mobile phone time-wasters, and everything in between.
  — Ars Staff, Ars Technica, 26 Dec. 2019
• Some sort of machine hummed around the corner, in an adjoining room, mindless white noise to break the silence.
  — Sam Mellinger, kansascity, 20 Oct. 2017
• Now, crabbing isn't as mindless as some people might think.
  — Todd Masson, NOLA.com, 5 June 2018
• Keeping nuts in the freezer will extend their good taste and keep one from mindless snacking.
  — Sheah Rarback, Miami Herald, 11 July 2024
• The mindless movie taps into a great military axiom: Don‘t prepare to fight the last war, prepare to fight the next one.
  — Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 6 July 2018
• There was little mindless scrolling on cellphones or eye rolls.
  — Sarah D. Wire, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2021
• In the sleeping city around me, hundreds or thousands of people had just been seized in the talons of nightmares of pursuit and mindless fear.
  — David Canfield, EW.com, 16 Jan. 2020
• So what would convince listless adults to shun the call of a mindless Netflix binge and opt for homeschooling?
  — Anne Quito, Quartz, 5 June 2021
• So much of my free time throughout the day was consumed by mindless scrolling on the social media platform X and Instagram.
  — Renée Onque, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2024
• At the same time, politicians talked while the top brass stole, and all Ivan was left with was mindless paperwork — and now character assassination.
  — Sarah A. Topol, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 20 Nov 2024