There had been too many nights of this pointless activity, I reflected.

Because he was sick of his life, his class, his pointless activities?

Thus it came to pass that pointless or interminable activities are sometimes described as Sisyphean.

As a Vulcan, he did not require pointless activity to keep his mind free of anxiety.

"If we bury people in names, it's a pointless activity," he said.

It was the ideal pointless activity; his wall went nowhere and fenced nothing in.

The last five minutes had been full of pointless frantic activity.

And really, protesting a bad review is probably one of the most pointless activities on the face of this earth.

Heard the mother suggesting some other pointless activity: Why don't you do this?

If we acknowledged this fact, mankind would save billions of dollars by giving up pointless activities.