NEEDLESS in a Sentence

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25 example sentences for NEEDLESS, such as:

1. But his death was so needless.
2. Banning smoking would save needless deaths.
3. The horses, needless to say, were not mentioned again.
4. It is needless to add that you are in want of a second.
5. It is needless to add that there were gold and silver fish in the basin.

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 Meanings and Examples of NEEDLESS
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
needless
 a.  unnecessary and unwarranted
Classic Sentence: (21 in 2 pages)
1  The horses, needless to say, were not mentioned again.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
2  Mrs. Dashwood could think of no other question, and Thomas and the tablecloth, now alike needless, were soon afterwards dismissed.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 47
3  It would be needless to say, that the gentlemen advanced in the good opinion of each other, as they advanced in each other's acquaintance, for it could not be otherwise.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 49
4  I dare say we shall be often together, and I should like to banish any needless restraint between us.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXII
5  It was a needless question, for a new desolation in the desolate house had told me so.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XLIX
6  She rose with an air of dignity to leave the room, when Mr. Peggotty signified that it was needless.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 32. THE BEGINNING OF A LONG JOURNEY
7  It is almost needless to say that the flirtation between Albert and the fair peasant continued all day.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 36. The Carnival at Rome.
8  It is needless to add that there were gold and silver fish in the basin.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 50. The Morrel Family.
9  It is perhaps needless to add that Morrel departed almost at the same time.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 71. Bread and Salt.
10  As for the ladies, it is needless to say that while they coveted the millions, they thought they did not need them for themselves, as they were beautiful enough without them.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 96. The Contract.
11  He pronounced it needless to send for a doctor: nature, he was sure, would manage best, left to herself.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIX
12  Mr. Collins repeated his apologies in quitting the room, and was assured with unwearying civility that they were perfectly needless.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 15
13  It is needless to add if there had been a scrap of evidence on which to convict him of so grave a charge he would have been convicted.
Southern Horrors By Ida B. Wells-Barnett
Context  Highlight   In III
14  Mr. Pontellier had a vague suspicion of it which he thought it needless to mention at that late day.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XXIV
15  The poor wretch was doubtless torturing himself, after the manner of the insane, with needless thoughts of pain.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
Example Sentence:
1  It is needless to add that you are in want of a second.
2  All this, needless to say, had been culled second-hand from radio reports.
3  Banning smoking would save needless deaths.
4  But his death was so needless.