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I knew only too well how pointless life could seem.
More to the point, why would she have done such a pointless thing?
Power at rest is pointless, a voice inside him said.
She had worked with him long enough not to have to ask pointless questions.
Or did he think it would be pointless to return?
It is pointless saying we will not talk to one side.
It was a pointless question, but he had to ask.
But at such a moment it was pointless to ask.
If something is possible, no matter how pointless, we should do it.
Pointless, but it would feel as if she were doing something.
It was pointless of her to run off as she did.
He could have told her a lot, but it was pointless.
Without it the whole idea of a national team is pointless.
It was pointless trying to get any sense out of him.
I think when you start talking about things off the table, that's pointless.
That is what makes many of the questions asked about him so pointless.
So long ago, and it had seemed like a pointless little story at the time.
No matter how much I tell myself they'll be dead only a short while, it all seems so pointless now.
These parents should find some other cause, because this one is pointless.
It is pointless trying to be the only one in step.
The water moved so quickly that further calls for help were pointless.
I was so full of feeling that words seemed pointless.
It seemed pointless, but she had nothing better to offer.
It was pointless, he thought, to try to reason with her.
Then you wrote an article about living a pointless life.