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
• Some people are looking for a complete escape from their sadness and anger, in which case, a mindless reality show might be the ideal pick.
  — Jenna Ryu, SELF, 21 Oct. 2024
• Later Renaissance masters were savvier about how gravity works on the human body, but no one was better at painting the harsh, mindless pull of it, or hinting at the secret exertions in the act of standing.
  — Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 26 Dec 2024