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How to use nonsensical in a sentence

17 example sentences · adjective

Nonsensical means without sense; absurd. Example: “Senator Littlebrain's wrecking amendment made the bill nonsensical by deleting the clauses that said what the law would do.”

Examples of nonsensical by meaning

adjectiveWithout sense; absurd.

  • Conspiracy theories have become so mainstream that they are even prompting nonsensical legislation.2025 June 17, Arwa Mahdawi, “What SJP’s selfie trick tells us about the terrifying rise of conspiracy theories”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

More sentences with nonsensical

  • Senator Littlebrain's wrecking amendment made the bill nonsensical by deleting the clauses that said what the law would do.From the entry wrecking amendment
  • The play, taken in isolation, seems nonsensical, but it is in fact a surreal satire of recent events.From the entry in isolation
  • When he spoke, his voice was its usual slurred nonsensical sound.2012, Douglas Clegg, The Halloween Man. From the entry idiotese
  • The nut-bar in Bed Three kept us all awake with his morose, nonsensical prophesies.2007, Emily Givner, A Heart in Port, page 202. From the entry prophesy
  • No matter how nonsensical and muddled the dream sequence is, write it down.1980 January 30, The Australian Women's Weekly, page 28, column 3. From the entry dream sequence
  • Or is it just a nonsensical "Yiddishism" that kind of made it through the generations from grandmothers to their kids?2024 January 11, Yehuda, Stack Exchange, archived from the original on 29 May 2024. From the entry Tanach
  • The isomer bomb obtained funding, but was canceled as nonsensical.2013, David Hafemeister, Physics of Societal Issues: Calculations on National Security, Environment, and Energy, Springer, →ISBN, page 23. From the entry isomer bomb
  • Even his apparently nonsensical boutades are Late Romantic gestures.1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae. From the entry boutade
  • One player even described their Crumploid as "the one true skrunkly," a nonsensical phrase that Urban Dictionary tells me means they love him.2021 November 10, Ian Walker, “Animal Crossing’s Ugliest Gyroid Is Getting The Most Love From Fans”, in Kotaku, archived from the original…. From the entry scrunkly
  • His musical sound with a combo of three is uncouth, matching to a great extent the lyric content of his nonsensical songs.2012, Thomas Hauser, Elvis and Ali, →ISBN. From the entry showgoer
  • A nonsensical sentence, then, is one which is inconsistent with S, while a sensical sentence is one which is consistent with S.1986, Fred D’Agostino, Chomsky’s System of Ideas, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 189. From the entry sensical
  • A banker walking down the streets with no clothes on would have been quite as nonsensical as a butcher selling man instead of mutton.1929, G. K. Chesterton, The Thing: Why I am a Catholic. From the entry adamitism
  • Let us admit that without the proper clues the gospels are, to a modern educated person, nonsensical and incredible, whilst the apostles are unreadable.1915 December (date written), [George] Bernard Shaw, “Androcles and the Lion. Preface on the Prospects of Christianity.”, in Androcles and…. From the entry plain sailing
  • Energy and Ecology Minister Ségolène Royal described it as an "unbelievable mistake" while Junior Transport Minister Frédéric Cuvillier said it was "ubuesque" (nonsensical), an allusion to absurdist theatre.2014 May 21, Tu Thanh Ha, “New train cars in France too wide for hundreds of stations”, in Globe and Mail, Canada, retrieved 21 May 2014. From the entry ubuesque
  • Folding tables were scattered about the plaza, each covered with stickers and buttons bearing guilt-trippy — or even nonsensical—slogans like "Bicycle for clean air" and "DON'T BE AN SOV!"2002, Chris Carlsson, Critical Mass: Bicycling's Defiant Celebration, →ISBN, page 100. From the entry guilt-trippy
  • That statement presupposes that everyone in the world agrees with the nonsensical "pre-born human." Why not say "pre-dead human" since we are all going to die at some point?2001, Scott Stein, C P Kaiser, When Falls the Coliseum, page 91. From the entry pre-dead

Meaning of nonsensical

  1. adjective Without sense; absurd.

Full definition of nonsensical

Questions about nonsensical in a sentence

How do you use nonsensical in a sentence?
Nonsensical is used as an adjective. For example: “Senator Littlebrain's wrecking amendment made the bill nonsensical by deleting the clauses that said what the law would do.”
What is a short sentence with nonsensical?
“Even his apparently nonsensical boutades are Late Romantic gestures.”
What does nonsensical mean?
Nonsensical means without sense; absurd.

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