英语词汇“aimlessness”造句子简单的方法、技巧、例句及翻译-英语例句辞典

An aimlessness and lethargy seeps into too many of these songs — the faceless rumble of “Pirates,” the shimmery clutter of “Maybach Music IV,” the snoozy soul of “Amsterdam.” Rick Ross Tries On a New, Streetwise Role 2012-08-01T13:32:00Z

“It’s all about cultivating in oneself the impulse to aimlessness,” he says. Burned out and overwhelmed: should you embrace the joy of no? 2019-02-18T05:00:00Z

Dinah and her husband, Sam — the baritone Russell Braun, a standout, delicate and with a vast emotional range of pain, anger and aimlessness — had two children. Review: A Rescue Operation Salvages Leonard Bernstein’s Final Opera 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z

Natural light filters into her petite Vienna flat, where she suffers insomnia by night and aimlessness by day. ‘Outside Noise’ Review: Walking and Talking in Vienna and Berlin 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z

"Rum" is certainly very funny in spots, but it's also disjointed and unfocused to a point of aimlessness. 'The Rum Diary': Johnny Depp is intoxicating 2011-10-26T22:12:05Z

She looks like she’s daydreaming, which isn’t incongruous for a character primarily defined by her aimlessness. Love and loss in L.A.'s Eastside: Just by existing, Tanya Saracho's "Vida" is a political act 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z

There are some nice touches in "Skateland" — Fernandez captures that sense of restless aimlessness — but the sum doesn't add up to more than its parts. 'Skateland': Rolling along aimlessly in a small Texas town 2011-05-26T20:24:04Z

When Moses wakes, these two young African-American men contemplate, with a lot of profanity, the aimlessness of their lives while trying to dodge stray bullets. Spike Lee’s ‘Pass Over,’ an Offbeat Melding of Cinema and Theater 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z

Clearly, it's not: the guitar whorls and keyboard washes are similar to what you hear on the current album, Fandango, but the six musicians play with shoegazing aimlessness. The Phoenix Foundation – review 2013-05-14T18:24:53Z

But the determination of one of the play’s characters to emigrate to Australia, and the general aimlessness of the other post-adolescents in Rooster’s unofficial posse, point up the barren future most of them face. Down-and-Outs Are Center Stage Once Again 2011-05-12T14:32:27Z

A single gem is enough, in week one, to make all the early-bird aimlessness and guesswork of the emergent festival worthwhile. Edinburgh fringe theatre roundup 2012-08-04T23:06:05Z

Rather than switch therapists I stopped going all together, but the feelings of loss and aimlessness that I’d initially sought help to resolve were still with me. Dating my therapist 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z

Strumming an electric, 12-string guitar, Andrew Rieger often sang about aimlessness and lack of purpose — “Was it all a useless waste of time?” he wondered in “Strange Designs.” Music Review: Reunited, Neutral Milk Hotel Plays in Jersey City 2014-01-15T22:52:40Z

Friends of the band mates say they approached their hiatus with an intentional aimlessness. Flight of the Conchords: Aimless, and That’s O.K. 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z

It might seem contradictory, but one of the most fascinating attributes of Gov’t Mule is the ability to take an artistic journey with both intelligence in their sense of direction and an experimental aimlessness. The spontaneous magic of Gov't Mule in concert: "We feel more comfortable on stage than anywhere" 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z

For every well-reported international story or hard-hitting Piers Morgan crusade on gun control, there are hours and hours of anodyne aimlessness. CNN’s President to Step Down, Calls for “New Thinking.” But Does CNN Want That? 2012-07-27T20:13:07Z

Bear's ghost friend may be real or a manifestation of his shame over his aimlessness or both. "Reservation Dogs" creator on evolving the show's representation & storytelling: "It's not finished" 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z

Last September, after I got fired from what was painfully close to being my dream job, I was gripped by aimlessness, malaise, and more than a little self-loathing. What Unemployed People Do With Their Time 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z

“There’s a general sense of dejection and aimlessness, which is kind of new,” Galgut said. Booker winner Damon Galgut laments South Africa’s gloom 2021-11-09T05:00:00Z

Trapped in what felt like an everlasting loop, one day indistinguishable from the next, some experts labeled the collective feeling of joyless aimlessness. The Year in Limbo 2021-12-18T05:00:00Z

Fetishizing aimlessness two decades after the heyday of the slacker comedy is not in itself a problem, as long as you have something new to contribute. Movie Review : ‘Oconomowoc,’ Set in Small-Town Wisconsin 2013-04-18T23:53:00Z

The wild aimlessness goes on minus the craftsmanship. Art Review: Severini and Van Dongen, Restless in a Rudderless 20th Century 2011-06-10T12:19:58Z

The New York Times critic Vincent Canby described the film as “a deceptively sunny, sometimes uproariously funny comedy about the bad taste, vulgarity and awful aimlessness of a certain kind of middle-class American affluence.” What’s on TV This Week: ‘The Bachelorette’ and Liza Minnelli 2021-08-09T04:00:00Z

What distinguishes it as a new-breed horror movie is the minimalism of its story and the abrasive aimlessness of its main characters. Movie Review: ?The Innkeepers,? a Paranormal Film Directed by Ti West 2012-02-02T22:50:06Z

Frits is occupied during working hours, but in his free time he struggles with a sense of anxious aimlessness and isolation. ‘The Evenings,’ a Dutch Classic, Arrives in English. It Only Took 70 Years. 2017-01-22T05:00:00Z

New York magazine's Bilge Ebiri says "Woman in Black 2" is a "dour, drab, dark movie, enlivened by some moderately effective chills in the first half but ultimately undone by its downbeat aimlessness." 'Woman in Black 2' haunted by horror cliches, reviews say 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z

Characters in the 20 stories in "Good People" are put upon by a struggle to fit in, do the right thing, and wield some kind of power in their relative anonymity and aimlessness. Robert Lopez's 'Good People' have been very, very bad 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z

“Sinking words into the pages,” with a “moping sky” that reflects the narrator’s aimlessness. The innovative, beguiling reflections of Claire-Louise Bennett's 'Pond' 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z

Unrelated begins in sociable aimlessness on an Italian holiday that becomes subtly desolating. Joanna Hogg and Honor Swinton Byrne: ‘We should tell whatever stories we like’ 2019-08-18T04:00:00Z

“I find a kind of cultural void and ignorance of the past, a sense of rootlessness and aimlessness, as though not only the students but the whole world was born yesterday,” he said. Donald Kagan, Leading Historian of Ancient Greece, Dies at 89 2021-08-13T04:00:00Z

“Bee and PuppyCat” remains a blissful and wryly comic meditation on the joys of aimlessness and the possibility of transformation. Here Are Three Netflix Cartoons You Should Be Watching 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z

Because the core of it is the family: loss of a child, secrets, diminished mental capacity, aimlessness.” Maryann Plunkett Is a Radiant Everywoman 2016-12-04T05:00:00Z

But this week, with a former First Lady and presidential hopeful on set, “Broad City”’s immature aimlessness read all the more poignant. Hillary visits “Broad City”: Clinton makes Abbi and Ilana swoon in this wishful-thinking fantasy 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z

While not lethal, the evisceration leaves Anabel in numb, semi-zombified aimlessness as she awaits the results of her bold gambit to get his attention. In Boston Court's 'With Love and a Major Organ,' she gave him her heart, quite literally 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z

As the families gather for their Christmas festivities, their lack of communication and understanding after a long period apart causes friction, and Tim’s purported aimlessness is revealed to be a deep, sinking depression. ‘Catch as Catch Can’ Review: Caught in a Tangle 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z

In part because it captures Toña and Polo’s bored aimlessness in real time, this pivotal scene drags. Gala’s ‘Yo También Hablo de la Rosa’ punctuates its social commentary with humor 2017-02-08T05:00:00Z

Noah Baumbach’s debut film about a group of hyper-articulate recent college graduates who can’t seem to leave student life behind is often held up as a classic celebration of Generation X cynicism and aimlessness. What’s on TV Monday: ‘The Deuce’ and a Monday Night Football Anniversary 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z

“Look beneath the façade of seamless well-adjustment,” he writes, “and what you often find are toxic levels of fear, anxiety, and depression, of emptiness and aimlessness and isolation.” The College Transition: How to Parent When Your Child Leaves Home 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z

Thus far this season she has mostly worried about her father’s aimlessness after her mother’s death. ‘Fear the Walking Dead’ Season 2, Episode 9: Lessons to Be Learned 2016-08-28T04:00:00Z

When I travel, I aim for aimlessness, but this — well, this felt pointless. Lost in Java 2011-05-06T20:26:42Z

Damon’s schlubby everyman Paul finds downsized life no shorter on ennui or existential aimlessness than before: his romantic and professional circumstances take a drastic dip alongside his property portfolio. High-concept satire Downsizing is dwarfed by its white saviour narrative 2017-12-18T05:00:00Z

Her mother died when she was 13, triggering a period of aimlessness and grief. How a new film captured Zora Neale Hurston's radical authenticity 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z

“Beyond the Wand,” Tom Felton’s self-portrait of child stardom and adulthood aimlessness, follows beats not unlike the arc of his Harry Potter performances. Review | Harry Potter’s Tom Felton looks back at the highs and lows of stardom 2022-10-15T04:00:00Z

Amid this aimlessness, there is a story told impressively in Jamaican dialect, and also in the second person, focusing on Dad’s early days and his decision to leave Jamaica for the states. Review: How to survive hurricanes, family and the American dream, in a blazing story cycle 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z

The elderly crowd that spent the night drinking beer outside Mar-a-Lago is a perfect symbol of the current aimlessness of this particular threat. Trump, Alex Jones and Steve Bannon: GOP goons follow a familiar playbook when accountability knocks 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z

When a friend texted the video to me, I thought it perfectly captured the mood of aimlessness and confusion, punctured by occasional magic, that defined New York in those early days of the pandemic. What Comes Next for an Artist Whose Work Goes Viral? 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z

The truth is that if you want to see a portrait of factionalism and aimlessness, look closely at the dysfunctional collection of politicians that once could legitimately call itself the Grand Old Party. Opinion | The Grand Old Party of disarray 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z

Instead, we see in him glimmers of the coming era of male dysfunction: aimlessness, video games, economic uselessness, nu-metal and of course, that inheritance from Anthony Sr., depression. Why Is Every Young Person in America Watching ‘The Sopranos’? 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z

Expressed largely in online memes and jokes - but also now a marketing trend that sells bubble tea, among other things - China's "sang wenhua", or "sang" culture, is a movement that ironically celebrates aimlessness and hopelessness. Lelush: How a sulky Russian model became China's slacker icon 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z

In fact, the existing apps more often than not contribute to a sense of aimlessness, especially if youth lack the supports to tap into their interests and put their devices to good use. The ‘app generation’ meets the pandemic 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z

And the movie, juggling too many narrative priorities over an overlong 137 minutes, seems to succumb to Scott’s own sense of aimlessness as much as it depicts it. Review: Pete Davidson bares his soul in 'The King of Staten Island,' but his co-stars truly rule 2020-06-08T04:00:00Z

It contributes to the sense of aimlessness and eternal unresolved conflict for the people who are there. Who fights our "forever wars"? Pulitzer-winner C.J. Chivers on the true cost of Iraq and Afghanistan 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z

An aimlessness that derailed her college career followed her back to Park Hill, a suburb 25 minutes north of Kansas City’s downtown, where high-income families mix with blue-collar workers and pine trees line wide avenues. Landry Shamet's path to NBA began with strong family ties 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z

But the work, a low-boil film noir sitcom, suffers from a similar aimlessness. Review: Ethan Coen lifts the curtain on 'A Play Is a Poem,' but there's no rhyme, no reason 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z

More recently, the psychoanalyst Josh Cohen identifies how a certain torpor or aimlessness he noticed in some of his clients seems to be a typical response to our culture of over-achievement and overwork. Most of us feel sleepy in the afternoon. Why can’t work fit round that? | Andre Spicer 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z

An official inquiry into the first year of the investigation later concluded that it was “characterised by alarming aimlessness and confusion”. Who killed the prime minister? The unsolved murder that still haunts Sweden 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z

A great many Americans struggle with retirement—with aimlessness and the sudden absence of self-worth long associated with a hard day's work. Dwayne Wade chugs bottle of rosé while playing golf, already has retirement dialed in - Golf Digest 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z

For his TMI’ing and for his ‘what do I want to do with my life’ aimlessness,” she concluded. Beto O’Rourke’s ‘excellent adventure drips with white male privilege’: CNN 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z

There is aimlessness: Anders has retired, perhaps prematurely, from his job in finance; his twenty-seven-year-old son, despite having a degree from Northwestern, can’t figure out anything to do besides deliver liquor. Nicole Holofcener’s Human Comedies 2018-07-30T04:00:00Z

Too many students are seeking clarity and purpose and finding only cacophony and aimlessness. Millennials Hit the Great Books 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z

And what a bummer that “aimlessness” carries such a pejorative stink in the nostrils of most overachieving Americans. After 16 years in the garage, 1519 is ready to see the light of day 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z

And suddenly, Downsizing is largely about his aimlessness, his midlife crisis, and the hapless way he seeks direction from other people. Downsizing takes the dullest path through a brilliant premise 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z

It was years of aimlessness and more waiting. Yearning for the end of the world 2017-08-25T04:00:00Z

But her films are beloved by those who identify with heroines whose humor, intellect, and sex appeal are offset by aimlessness, self-sabotage, and alternating strains of wickedness and remorse. Nicole Holofcener’s Human Comedies 2018-07-30T04:00:00Z

Harris was a condensation, it appeared, of the aimlessness, the histrionics, and the monstrous, violent liberties of a younger generation with a fatal taste for extremes. The Feuds of Diana Trilling 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z

There’s a fine line between freedom and aimlessness, however; each day, hundreds of songs are released that toe that line. Sampha and Migos Make Hits 2017-01-29T05:00:00Z

Her life increasingly was marked by aimlessness and confusion. Couple shares daughter’s story of early-onset Alzheimer’s 2016-10-08T04:00:00Z

He dropped out in 1980 to “begin his last addled ramble around the country,” on a path “of accelerating aimlessness and fragmentation” and increasingly erratic stalking behavior when it came to Foster. What To Know About John Hinckley Jr. 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z

I hate the lack of mission, the nonexistent narrative, the intended aimlessness of the game: “What is the point?” I despise Pokémon Go, and there’s no way I’m the only one 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z

It argued against busyness and careerism and for the ineffable value of aimlessness, of letting the imagination quietly coast. The Amateur Cloud Society That (Sort Of) Rattled the Scientific Community 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z

But this aimlessness was a pose, as the table kept looping back, struggling to “punch up” bad dialogue in the season ender. “Black-ish” Transforms the Family Sitcom 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z

Given his protective nature and her own relative aimlessness, the script almost suggests she made a mistake in leaving the bunker in the first place. The backlash against 10 Cloverfield Lane's ending is missing the point 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z

A delicately calibrated portrayal of messy, modern living, the series offers a window into a generation often misunderstood and gets at what's driving an entire culture of aimlessness. On FXX's 'You're the Worst,' clinical depression is the show's fifth character 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z

Do you recognize that in the show, the thematic resonance of the aimlessness of that age? 'Jessica Jones' showrunner Melissa Rosenberg talks rape, adaptation, and female sexuality 2015-11-22T05:00:00Z

Part of the problem is the general aimlessness in the U.S. approach to Syria. Muddling Through 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z

Didion used a vernacular voice that mimicked the laid-back aimlessness of Haight speech. The Radicalization of Joan Didion 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z

But the new findings suggest that the level of aimlessness in these ants' behaviour is in fact very finely tuned. 'Leaders and lifters' help ants move massive meals - BBC News 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z

That might partly explain the Kouachi brothers’ path to radical jihad, from a life of relative aimlessness. Muslims in Neglected Paris Suburbs Worry Conditions Could Produce More Terrorists 2015-01-10T05:00:00Z

What we do know is that poverty and aimlessness perpetuate themselves. Domestic Violence Drives Up New York Shelter Population as Housing Options Are Scarce 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z

For Herbert, just about everywhere one looks these days, one finds evidence of national aimlessness and entropy. Book review: ‘Losing Our Way,’ an portrait of America, by Bob Herbert

Then she got into a taxi and had it drive around Manhattan for three hours, in the midst of rush hour: an expensive exercise in aimlessness. Did a Son's Autism Drive a Woman to Murder?

Theirs are lives of “emptiness, and aimlessness and isolation,” due to an inordinate focus on “affluence, credentials, and prestige.” Can American Universities Escape the Abyss? 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z

He said he often found “toxic levels of fear, anxiety and depression, of emptiness and aimlessness and isolation.” Why college kids aren’t timid or lost

The joblessness and aimlessness of young people remain a deep well of volatility, whether or not countries took part in the Arab Spring. Tunisian Discontent Reflected in Protests That Have Idled Mines 2014-05-13T04:00:00Z

Mr Hanh says he believes in “the power of aimlessness” and thinks civilisation is threatened by “voracious” economic growth. Reforming the World Bank: Zen and the art of poverty reduction 2013-10-17T15:02:28Z

That being said, it does drive the action more than the aimlessness of Guild Wars 2. 'Final Fantasy XIV' Review In Progress: Too Hot To Handle, Too Cold To Hold (PC/PS3) 2013-09-02T18:08:00Z

Why should we expect anything other than “aimlessness” from today’s students, “income inequality” notwithstanding? Can American Universities Escape the Abyss? 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z

A year into the Hollande presidency, France seems to be stumbling along, with critics speaking of an amiable aimlessness, lack of direction and discipline, of small steps in the direction of economic reform. Year Into Hollande Presidency, ‘a Sense of Drift’ 2013-05-04T15:16:20Z

Cameron: We must not be deflected from our sense of aimlessness. Do you want to be in Nick Clegg's gang? Not really … 2013-03-06T17:40:07Z

This would be a full-on, bespoke, intensive approach to break the cycle of aimlessness and hopelessness associated with long term homelessness. Turning around lives of the homeless 2012-06-11T07:19:38Z

His hands were behind his back and the aimlessness of his carriage gave evidence of deep thought. Bruce of the Circle A 2012-03-06T03:00:27.120Z

No stranger watching Harry Rames as he speculated with an indulgent smile upon the aimlessness of Walter Hemming's long itinerary could have imagined that he had once himself led just such an expedition. The Turnstile 2012-01-29T03:00:09.260Z

He skipped over to the writing table and began with a seeming aimlessness to pull out the drawers. Miranda of the Balcony A Story 2012-01-28T03:00:24.760Z

If he looks beyond the things that immediately engage him to the final aimlessness of humanity, his own conduct assumes in his eyes the character of a frittering away. Human, All Too Human A Book for Free Spirits 2011-11-28T03:00:26.030Z

Their utter sterility, aimlessness and poverty of thought—their passively resigning themselves to a mere assent to the thoughts and words of others—all this, when watched close at hand, makes a painful impression. Letters From Rome on the Council 2011-11-25T03:00:11.447Z

An interim of aimlessness and despair of life was followed by a gradual healing of the spirit and restored activity of mind, through nothing more nor less than the power of poetry. The Open Question a tale of two temperaments 2011-10-25T02:00:22.173Z

On one stretch it was found necessary to adopt a compromise between the wisdom of the serpent and the aimlessness of the crab, advancing by lateral jerks in a semi-recumbent attitude. Climbing in The British Isles, Vol. II Wales and Ireland 2011-09-23T02:00:23.653Z

He seated himself beside her, and smoked and talked disconnectedly about himself,—of the aimlessness of his life, of his unrealised hopes, his disappointments, and the unsatisfying nature of his married life. The Bigamist 2011-08-31T02:01:34.797Z

He strolled along in apparent aimlessness, as though taking a morning's constitutional. The Argus Pheasant 2011-08-27T02:00:20.160Z

IN a passage of characteristic sagacity, Dr. J. H. Newman has depicted the partisan aimlessness more descriptive of the period when this little book first appeared, sixteen years ago, than it is now. The Principles Of Secularism 2011-07-22T02:00:17.390Z

In the face of a paralyzing universal aimlessness, there could be to him no abiding sense of life in his personal enjoyments and desires. Prophets of Dissent : Essays on Maeterlinck, Strindberg, Nietzsche and Tolstoy 2011-05-17T02:00:20.900Z

But, out of dislike for any cut-and-dried programme of several measures to be accepted wholesale and without question, the party must not be allowed to drift into aimlessness. Practical Politics; or, the Liberalism of To-day 2011-04-19T02:00:17.257Z

Francie respected Christopher and rejected him; was thrown over by Hawkins, whom she loved; and married Roddy Lambert, her motives being “poverty, aimlessness, bitterness of soul and instinctive leniency towards any man who liked her.” Humours of Irish Life 2011-04-19T02:00:16.057Z

The Marquis had suddenly become aware of an aimlessness in life which not even his new financial hopes enabled him to combat. The Wicked Marquis 2011-02-24T03:01:06.123Z

Ferrars was intently studying the topography of the town, at least of that portion of it which he was then traversing with such seeming aimlessness. The Last Stroke a detective story 2011-02-19T03:01:39.327Z

Only a solitary pedestrian--a young man elegantly dressed--walked leisurely and with apparent aimlessness along the paths. The Sign of Flame 2011-01-27T03:00:43.087Z

All the while he cursed his aimlessness, his lack of purpose. The Mesa Trail 2011-01-27T03:00:37.207Z

Red Herring, the town marshal, slouching with seeming aimlessness against a showcase at the other end of the counter, covertly watched the girl. The Rider of Golden Bar 2011-01-04T03:01:06.347Z

This time he took his Mother's wedding ring from his little finger and twirled it with apparent aimlessness in his hands. The Sick-a-Bed Lady And Also Hickory Dock, The Very Tired Girl, The Happy-Day, Something That Happened in October, The Amateur Lover, Heart of The City, The Pink Sash, Woman's Only Business 2011-01-04T03:01:00.723Z

Doesn't it reflect the general aimlessness of human endeavour? The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z

Whereas once, such aimlessness was seen only in the “unusually creative or unusually disturbed,” he wrote, it was becoming more common and more ordinary in the baby boomers of 1970. What Is It About 20-Somethings? 2010-08-21T04:15:00Z

And many Chinese worry about what they see as the aimlessness of a weakened U.S. How to Think About China 2010-04-08T08:50:00Z

Sack says that the way to avoid aimlessness is "to stay super close to your customer and keep solving and addressing their needs." The App Market Grows 2010-04-05T16:05:00Z

The sun went down beyond the pine tops and still he sat dully with his hands hanging over his knees, their fingers twitching in panic aimlessness. The Law of Hemlock Mountain

He had traversed the length of many blocks in his aimlessness, crossing and recrossing his own course, and he was still feeble from long days of illness and inertia. The Key to Yesterday

A kind of aimlessness crept over him and there no longer seemed any rational objective toward which to move. The Year When Stardust Fell

It wanders with apparent aimlessness, but eventually gets there, at the cost of time, but without much work. The Land of Strong Men

Conscious of the isolation that hung over the place—disproportionately aware of his own aimlessness, he stood uncertain in what direction to turn. The Gambler A Novel

With the aimlessness of a somnambulist, and reasoning with himself the while, he walked down through Madison Avenue until he reached the square. The Truth About Tristrem Varick A Novel

For we know very little save the aimlessness of a life that may be paradise, or its vestibule, or an instalment of some other region. The Intelligence of Woman

Their fluffy dresses, their gay parasols, the aimlessness of their wandering steps marked them as visitors. Happy House

I was tramping along with the aimlessness of the man whose steps are unguided. The Portal of Dreams

The identity of birth and death, the aimlessness of all we undertake, were matters to which he had never given a thought. Eden An Episode

The lot of many a girl, especially of many a girl with a rich father, is a tragedy of aimlessness. Vocal Expression A Class-book of Voice Training and Interpretation

I'm astounded at the muddle of it, the waste and aimlessness of it. The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman

But such aimlessness brings its own emptiness, and women strain and seek towards the god-head. The Truth About Woman

Incredible numbers of people, with an incredible variation in the shades of their complexions, moved to and from with the peculiar aimlessness of a Brazilian crowd. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930

They had robbed and killed and fled with the aimlessness of common murderers, but here was one with a definite plan, to leave the whole State a smoking shambles. When the West Was Young

At last she saw the two men striding forward in the direction of the steerage, and with a conspicuous absence of that aimlessness which marks the usual promenade at sea. A Bookful of Girls

Incompetence and aimlessness, corruption and disloyalty, panic and ultimate disaster, must come to any people which is denied an assured access to the facts. Introduction to the Science of Sociology

I was rescued from a life of aimlessness, and put in the way of doing something of good for my fellows. Tuskegee & Its People: Their Ideals and Achievements

She had said something herself about waiting for her train in the station, and she had a sudden vision of the aimlessness of it, and of even the train bills and advertisements on the wall. Betty Leicester A Story For Girls

She felt through every fibre of her being that it was all perfectly well with Henrietta, and that the bitterness, aimlessness, and emptiness of her life was made up to her. The Third Miss Symons

He was naturally an intelligent man; and he might have attained influence in the community had it not been for his utter aimlessness of character, his indifference to fortune, and his consuming thirst for rum. Humorous Ghost Stories

She noticed the men and boys who strolled with apparent aimlessness towards the thicket on the edge of the field, and returned wiping their lips on their sleeves. A Tar-Heel Baron

Both his brothers and his biographer have made the aimlessness of this first European experience an occasion for something like reproach. Washington Irving

Breed's movements now lost their aimlessness, and each day found him a few miles farther north. The Yellow Horde

He ceased to climb, flattened and went skimming along the top of the cloud, darting here and there with seeming aimlessness. Tam o' the Scoots

From which false beginnings rise the spent force, the premature stoppages, the stagnancy, the aimlessness and heartlessness, which are the scandals of the professional ministry and the weakness of the Christian Church in our day. The Preacher and His Models The Yale Lectures on Preaching 1891

In a word, it was the aimlessness and falsity of the nineteenth century coming back in the window after having been booted out the door; my folly was the failure to recognize it. Greener Than You Think

Moreover, under such conditions, young people become disgusted with its monotony and aimlessness, and seek city employment. The Stewardship of the Soil Baccalaureate Address

Indeed, her feet have for ages been treading debatable ground, that has shaken beneath her through the clashings of man's ignorance and her own vague, restless clamors and aimlessness. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 4, August, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy

The absence of these virtues defines a group of negative vices: incapacity, imprudence, aimlessness, injustice, and irreverence. The Moral Economy

Here he lost for a moment his sense of aimlessness, felt again the thrill of power and the joy of struggle. The Blood of the Conquerors

They have borne with the narrowness of woman's culture and the aimlessness of her life, believing it all right. Aims and Aids for Girls and Young Women On the Various Duties of Life, Physical, Intellectual, And Moral Development; Self-Culture, Improvement, Dress, Beauty, Fashion, Employment, Education, The Home Relations, Their Duties To Young Men, Marriage, Womanhood And Happiness.

Yes, she had been attracted by me from the first day, but she hated the friends I had round me, and she did not like the aimlessness of my life. Man and Maid

A certain subtle charm—let us call it a dignified aimlessness—hung about them like an easy garment, labelling them as mild despisers of ambitions, of goals, of destinations, of conventionalities. Moriah's Mourning and Other Half-Hour Sketches

They clambered into this and were soon jogging at an easy pace over the fragrant bordered road which wandered with apparent aimlessness between the green fields. The Seventh Noon

She had no aptitude for aimlessness, and moreover thought it vulgar. The Tragic Muse

On the contrary, the distinguishing features of his life are its incompleteness, aimlessness, imperfection, insignificance, neglect of talents and waste of opportunities. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"

They were sitting in one of the alcoves of the assembly room, and at that moment a bell-boy, wandering around the place with apparent aimlessness, spied them and brought to Miss Josephine a big box. The Early Bird A Business Man's Love Story

The elements of hell are pain, slavery, imprisonment, rebellion, forced exertion, forced inaction, shame, fear, self condemnation, social condemnation, universal condemnation, aimlessness, and despair. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life

Helen, extended in her chair, an embodiment of lovely aimlessness, kept her eyes fixed on him. Franklin Kane

There are more little cuddies of places, dye-shops, tailors, and nondescript corners that seem to have no possible mission on earth and are sadly conscious of their aimlessness. Violets and Other Tales

There was no doubt about his eight years, except that he did not whoop and holler with the aimlessness of the standard eight-year-old boy. The Fourth R

The house lies there in this circlet of trees, a low, whitewashed, flat-roofed adobe, rambling along in apparent aimlessness from cosey rooms through sheds and stables, until the whole connecting structure incloses a large corral. Emerson's Wife and Other Western Stories

Presently I saw his fingers begin to move with apparent equal aimlessness. Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben

Lenau's aimlessness and instability were so extreme that they may properly be counted a pathological trait. Types of Weltschmerz in German Poetry

And the more a man the worker feels himself, the more hateful must his work be to him, because he feels the constraint, the aimlessness of it for himself. The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844 with a Preface written in 1892

History portrays many men of giant minds whose intellect could not redeem them from aimlessness and obscurity. The Investment of Influence A Study of Social Sympathy and Service

Len Haswell had been walking with the aimlessness of insomnia, and asking himself over and over one question: "What changed it all?" Destiny

A couple of miles away Eph Somers was slowly running the submarine back and forth over the water in seeming aimlessness. The Submarine Boys for the Flag Deeding Their Lives to Uncle Sam

No, it is not that; but it is the utter aimlessness and failure of my life. Memoirs of Arthur Hamilton, B. A. Of Trinity College, Cambridge Extracted From His Letters And Diaries, With Reminiscences Of His Conversation By His Friend Christopher Carr Of The Same College

The chief impression she got of London was its aimlessness. Captivity

In carrying out his destiny he lashed about him with something of the elemental aimlessness of his mother the sea. Windjammers and Sea Tramps

They wandered about in a laughing aimlessness, and there was a tone of disappointment in Richmond's voice when he halted and said, "Here's the road." The Colossus A Novel

I descended the staircase, and an utter sense of aimlessness drove me out through the big doors, which swung behind me without noise. The Inheritors

A new life now began for Vandover, a life of luxury and aimlessness which he found charming. Vandover and the Brute

The luxurious aimlessness of her present life was a little heavy to the once poor, active, hard-working young governess, who had never known an idle or even a restful hour. Christian's Mistake

For the first time, while he spoke, she let her eyes rest frankly upon him, and there came to her, as she did so, a vivid realization of the emptiness and aimlessness of his life. Life and Gabriella The Story of a Woman's Courage

It was always one same dreadful melody, the Gagliarda of the "Areopagita," and he repeated it time after time with the perseverance and apparent aimlessness of an automaton. The Lost Stradivarius

After an attack some months ago I met a solitary private wandering across a shell-torn field, I watched him and thought something was wrong by the aimlessness of his progress. Carry On Letters in War-Time

There is a pleasure in seeing strange cats fly at his approach, either in single file over the wall or in the scattered aimlessness of a bursting bomb. The Pleasures of Ignorance

You take advantage of every minute of solitude to gloat over thoughts of the aimlessness of life and the darkness of the grave. Love

There it was again, the insistence on the responsibility, the activity, the importance of that sleepy, stuffy little office with its two men at work, its leisure, its aimlessness. The Rules of the Game

Did she, too, wonder at life, at its emptiness and aimlessness? The Man in Lonely Land

This perfectly accountable appearance, in its aimlessness, its unconsciousness, its irresponsiveness, is undeniably just like the common notion of a ghost. The Book of Dreams and Ghosts

All day long, I wander with restless aimlessness about the house, my big house—so empty, so orderly in its stateliness—so frightfully silent! Nancy

And together with this sensation come thoughts of the aimlessness of life, of death, and of the darkness of the grave. Love

There was a sort of savage aimlessness in his gait. A Williams Anthology A Collection of the Verse and Prose of Williams College, 1798-1910

It was strewn in every direction, with seeming aimlessness. A Minstrel in France

Through the smoke I saw a horse with its pack undone and flopping under its belly, trotting round with the wild aimlessness of horses in the bull-ring after they have been gored. Antwerp to Gallipoli A Year of the War on Many Fronts—and Behind Them

He began to probe a little farther, albeit with an aimlessness about his questions that almost frightened him. Dust

Psychologically, the defining characteristic of play is not amusement nor aimlessness. Democracy and Education: an introduction to the philosophy of education

Soon the girl discovered that if she walked with such apparent aimlessness, some men looked at her with calculating eyes. Maggie, a Girl of the Streets

This fleeting glimpse of her past served to emphasize the sense of aimlessness with which Lily at length turned toward home. House of Mirth

It was a repetition of the aimlessness of the last night's wanderings. The Rise of Silas Lapham

"The lives of these people," she tried to explain, the aimlessness, the way they live. The Voyage Out

Theron strolled for a little, with an air of aimlessness, until he was well outside the more or less frequented neighborhood of the camp. The Damnation of Theron Ware

At four o'clock the morning of the arrival, Lilly was up, moving with the aimlessness of great nervousness about the apartment. Star-Dust

But there was nothing of aimlessness, idleness, or lack of vigour in Mrs. Mallathorpe. The Talleyrand Maxim

I—I couldn't stand the aimlessness of life after you left. Quaint Courtships

The gathering was chiefly for talk, and was a kind of thing I disliked, finding its aimlessness and flicker depressing. Wilfrid Cumbermede

Gracie let her fingers wander with apparent aimlessness over the keys, drawing out soft, sweet strains. Ester Ried Yet Speaking

All my thoughts regarding death and the aimlessness of life are correct and logical, yet in spite of it all, a man can sometimes be happy. Sanine

Why don't you write a piece in our paper about the aimlessness of prison work? The Subterranean Brotherhood

All the dignity, the strength, the devotion will be preserved by you; that graceful "aimlessness" comes no more. Early Letters of George Wm. Curtis

Not only his own aimlessness, but the aimlessness of the staring, smiling crowd afflicted him. A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago

Sometimes the aimlessness of his relation to Statira hung round him like a cloud, which he could not see beyond. The Minister's Charge

A sinister aimlessness pervades the actions of those that move at all. Alone

You'd think a criminal would be taught anything but aimlessness; it was aimlessness that got him here in the first place, nine times out of ten. The Subterranean Brotherhood

And, however aimless life there seemed to be, it was an aimlessness of the general, not of the individual life. Early Letters of George Wm. Curtis

Throw in a poignantly ironical dissertation on life, on its uncharted aimlessness, and speak like Sherwood Anderson about the desires that stir in the heart. A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago

"Oh, I am sure of it!" cried Sewell, with cheerful aimlessness. The Minister's Charge

Maybe the very aimlessness of such loiterings conduces to a like method of narrative. Alone

There the disorder and aimlessness of our American lives becomes a crime for which men pay heavily. Marching Men

Surveying the broad shoulders before him, he was thinking how nothing but aimlessness and fantasies and everything out of harmony with the career to come had been encouraged in the son. Over the Pass

Their communications had sometimes a ridiculous aimlessness, and occasionally a subtle deviltry coated about with religion, like a pill with sugar, but often a significant and fearful accuracy. Men, Women, and Ghosts

Absence of Motive -- N. absence of motive, aimlessness; caprice &c. Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases

The wheels still went round, but the machine of State made less and less progress: stagnation and aimlessness were everywhere apparent. The War and Democracy

In the third book of The Prelude we find a dispassionate account of student life, with its trivial occupations, its pleasures and general aimlessness. English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English Speaking World

She imagined him with a certain amiable aimlessness turning his pony to one side so as not to knock down a danger sign, while he rode straight over a precipice. Over the Pass

At first he tried to get at her point of view, to discover what she found to enjoy in this lunatic existence of aimlessness and futility. The Coming of Bill

Under a mask of frivolity, however, youth often wears a serious face, and behind apparent aimlessness there is often a steady and final turning of the whole nature towards its goal. Essays on Work and Culture

Thus aimlessness, so far as relations of study to life are concerned, is put at a premium, and students are directly encouraged to be omnivorous absorbers without further responsibility. How to Study and Teaching How to Study

But as he got into his machine he recognized the futility of aimlessness. Youth Challenges

Being far from your wonderful art, I did not understand you at first, nor your longing, your horror of aimlessness. The Crushed Flower and Other Stories

The real horror is the dead weight of ennui, the aimlessness and fruitlessness of a life that has done nothing and has nothing to do. Problems of Conduct

At the sight of the coat his gaze brightened, the aimlessness forsook him, and he gave an exclamation of relief. The Masquerader

He related Winter's theory of the crime, and pointed out its seeming aimlessness. Number Seventeen

To provide a historical process framework, to prevent feelings of aimlessness and vacuity, to motivate its adherents and to perpetuate itself and so on. After the Rain : how the West lost the East

"How dare you," I exclaimed; "how dare you speak of aimlessness in our prison?" The Crushed Flower and Other Stories

There was something shameful in his flaccid idleness, in the aimlessness of his whole life now, devoid of all work, undirected towards any effort. In the Wilderness

She and Gudrun resumed work as usual, in the isolation of the studio, and this seemed an immeasurable happiness, a pure world of freedom, after the aimlessness and misery of the house. Women in Love

I suppose he was alive to the ridiculous aimlessness of the race across country. Number Seventeen

As they walked towards it in the sun, through narrow ways where idle Arabs lounged with happy aimlessness, Batouch talked of Count Anteoni, the owner of the garden. The Garden of Allah

He drove on rapidly over the soft road, where the wheels made no sound, and the track wandered with apparent aimlessness through the interminable woods of young oak and pine. Dr. Breen's Practice

But now, in order that my leisure might not degenerate into idleness and aimlessness, I must set up a claim for due work to do. Signs of Change

She was quite young and indisputably pretty, but this malproprete, together with a certain aimlessness of manner, struck an incongruous note; for essentially she was of a type which for its complement needs vivacity. The Yellow Claw

On one occasion, as though she had lost all patience, she flew out at him about the aimlessness of his life and the levity of his opinions. Nostromo, a Tale of the Seaboard

His ideal, the Superman, lends him the cheerfulness necessary to the overcoming of that despair usually attendant upon godlessness and upon the apparent aimlessness of a world without a god. Thus Spake Zarathustra A book for all and none

And one sunny afternoon in late spring-time the feud came—came, as such things mostly do come, with seeming aimlessness and triviality. Reginald in Russia and other sketches

They talked at first chiefly about the history of the world and the extraordinary situation of aimlessness in a phase of ruin to which the Great War had brought all Europe, if not all mankind. Secret Places of the Heart

A certain aimlessness of purpose which had troubled him during the last few months had disappeared. The Vanished Messenger

When she had filled her jug she still roamed about with delicious aimlessness. Chronicles of Avonlea

From the commercial travellers I now separated myself, and wandered alone in pleasurable aimlessness. The Virginian, a Horseman of the Plains

Andy stopped long enough to roll and light a cigarette and then strolled after him with apparent aimlessness, secretly curious over the summons. The Flying U Ranch

The arms of Mrs. Skelmersdale were no worse than the solemn aimlessness of hunting, and an evening of dalliance not an atom more reprehensible than an evening of chatter. The Research Magnificent

单词	aimlessness
例句	aimlessness An aimlessness and lethargy seeps into too many of these songs — the faceless rumble of “Pirates,” the shimmery clutter of “Maybach Music IV,” the snoozy soul of “Amsterdam.” Rick Ross Tries On a New, Streetwise Role 2012-08-01T13:32:00Z “It’s all about cultivating in oneself the impulse to aimlessness,” he says. Burned out and overwhelmed: should you embrace the joy of no? 2019-02-18T05:00:00Z Dinah and her husband, Sam — the baritone Russell Braun, a standout, delicate and with a vast emotional range of pain, anger and aimlessness — had two children. Review: A Rescue Operation Salvages Leonard Bernstein’s Final Opera 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z Natural light filters into her petite Vienna flat, where she suffers insomnia by night and aimlessness by day. ‘Outside Noise’ Review: Walking and Talking in Vienna and Berlin 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z "Rum" is certainly very funny in spots, but it's also disjointed and unfocused to a point of aimlessness. 'The Rum Diary': Johnny Depp is intoxicating 2011-10-26T22:12:05Z She looks like she’s daydreaming, which isn’t incongruous for a character primarily defined by her aimlessness. Love and loss in L.A.'s Eastside: Just by existing, Tanya Saracho's "Vida" is a political act 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z There are some nice touches in "Skateland" — Fernandez captures that sense of restless aimlessness — but the sum doesn't add up to more than its parts. 'Skateland': Rolling along aimlessly in a small Texas town 2011-05-26T20:24:04Z When Moses wakes, these two young African-American men contemplate, with a lot of profanity, the aimlessness of their lives while trying to dodge stray bullets. Spike Lee’s ‘Pass Over,’ an Offbeat Melding of Cinema and Theater 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z Clearly, it's not: the guitar whorls and keyboard washes are similar to what you hear on the current album, Fandango, but the six musicians play with shoegazing aimlessness. The Phoenix Foundation – review 2013-05-14T18:24:53Z But the determination of one of the play’s characters to emigrate to Australia, and the general aimlessness of the other post-adolescents in Rooster’s unofficial posse, point up the barren future most of them face. Down-and-Outs Are Center Stage Once Again 2011-05-12T14:32:27Z A single gem is enough, in week one, to make all the early-bird aimlessness and guesswork of the emergent festival worthwhile. Edinburgh fringe theatre roundup 2012-08-04T23:06:05Z Rather than switch therapists I stopped going all together, but the feelings of loss and aimlessness that I’d initially sought help to resolve were still with me. Dating my therapist 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z Strumming an electric, 12-string guitar, Andrew Rieger often sang about aimlessness and lack of purpose — “Was it all a useless waste of time?” he wondered in “Strange Designs.” Music Review: Reunited, Neutral Milk Hotel Plays in Jersey City 2014-01-15T22:52:40Z Friends of the band mates say they approached their hiatus with an intentional aimlessness. Flight of the Conchords: Aimless, and That’s O.K. 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z It might seem contradictory, but one of the most fascinating attributes of Gov’t Mule is the ability to take an artistic journey with both intelligence in their sense of direction and an experimental aimlessness. The spontaneous magic of Gov't Mule in concert: "We feel more comfortable on stage than anywhere" 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z For every well-reported international story or hard-hitting Piers Morgan crusade on gun control, there are hours and hours of anodyne aimlessness. CNN’s President to Step Down, Calls for “New Thinking.” But Does CNN Want That? 2012-07-27T20:13:07Z Bear's ghost friend may be real or a manifestation of his shame over his aimlessness or both. "Reservation Dogs" creator on evolving the show's representation & storytelling: "It's not finished" 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z Last September, after I got fired from what was painfully close to being my dream job, I was gripped by aimlessness, malaise, and more than a little self-loathing. What Unemployed People Do With Their Time 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z “There’s a general sense of dejection and aimlessness, which is kind of new,” Galgut said. Booker winner Damon Galgut laments South Africa’s gloom 2021-11-09T05:00:00Z Trapped in what felt like an everlasting loop, one day indistinguishable from the next, some experts labeled the collective feeling of joyless aimlessness. The Year in Limbo 2021-12-18T05:00:00Z Fetishizing aimlessness two decades after the heyday of the slacker comedy is not in itself a problem, as long as you have something new to contribute. Movie Review : ‘Oconomowoc,’ Set in Small-Town Wisconsin 2013-04-18T23:53:00Z The wild aimlessness goes on minus the craftsmanship. Art Review: Severini and Van Dongen, Restless in a Rudderless 20th Century 2011-06-10T12:19:58Z The New York Times critic Vincent Canby described the film as “a deceptively sunny, sometimes uproariously funny comedy about the bad taste, vulgarity and awful aimlessness of a certain kind of middle-class American affluence.” What’s on TV This Week: ‘The Bachelorette’ and Liza Minnelli 2021-08-09T04:00:00Z What distinguishes it as a new-breed horror movie is the minimalism of its story and the abrasive aimlessness of its main characters. Movie Review: ?The Innkeepers,? a Paranormal Film Directed by Ti West 2012-02-02T22:50:06Z Frits is occupied during working hours, but in his free time he struggles with a sense of anxious aimlessness and isolation. ‘The Evenings,’ a Dutch Classic, Arrives in English. It Only Took 70 Years. 2017-01-22T05:00:00Z New York magazine's Bilge Ebiri says "Woman in Black 2" is a "dour, drab, dark movie, enlivened by some moderately effective chills in the first half but ultimately undone by its downbeat aimlessness." 'Woman in Black 2' haunted by horror cliches, reviews say 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z Characters in the 20 stories in "Good People" are put upon by a struggle to fit in, do the right thing, and wield some kind of power in their relative anonymity and aimlessness. Robert Lopez's 'Good People' have been very, very bad 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z “Sinking words into the pages,” with a “moping sky” that reflects the narrator’s aimlessness. The innovative, beguiling reflections of Claire-Louise Bennett's 'Pond' 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z Unrelated begins in sociable aimlessness on an Italian holiday that becomes subtly desolating. Joanna Hogg and Honor Swinton Byrne: ‘We should tell whatever stories we like’ 2019-08-18T04:00:00Z “I find a kind of cultural void and ignorance of the past, a sense of rootlessness and aimlessness, as though not only the students but the whole world was born yesterday,” he said. Donald Kagan, Leading Historian of Ancient Greece, Dies at 89 2021-08-13T04:00:00Z “Bee and PuppyCat” remains a blissful and wryly comic meditation on the joys of aimlessness and the possibility of transformation. Here Are Three Netflix Cartoons You Should Be Watching 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z Because the core of it is the family: loss of a child, secrets, diminished mental capacity, aimlessness.” Maryann Plunkett Is a Radiant Everywoman 2016-12-04T05:00:00Z But this week, with a former First Lady and presidential hopeful on set, “Broad City”’s immature aimlessness read all the more poignant. Hillary visits “Broad City”: Clinton makes Abbi and Ilana swoon in this wishful-thinking fantasy 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z While not lethal, the evisceration leaves Anabel in numb, semi-zombified aimlessness as she awaits the results of her bold gambit to get his attention. In Boston Court's 'With Love and a Major Organ,' she gave him her heart, quite literally 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z As the families gather for their Christmas festivities, their lack of communication and understanding after a long period apart causes friction, and Tim’s purported aimlessness is revealed to be a deep, sinking depression. ‘Catch as Catch Can’ Review: Caught in a Tangle 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z In part because it captures Toña and Polo’s bored aimlessness in real time, this pivotal scene drags. Gala’s ‘Yo También Hablo de la Rosa’ punctuates its social commentary with humor 2017-02-08T05:00:00Z Noah Baumbach’s debut film about a group of hyper-articulate recent college graduates who can’t seem to leave student life behind is often held up as a classic celebration of Generation X cynicism and aimlessness. What’s on TV Monday: ‘The Deuce’ and a Monday Night Football Anniversary 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z “Look beneath the façade of seamless well-adjustment,” he writes, “and what you often find are toxic levels of fear, anxiety, and depression, of emptiness and aimlessness and isolation.” The College Transition: How to Parent When Your Child Leaves Home 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z Thus far this season she has mostly worried about her father’s aimlessness after her mother’s death. ‘Fear the Walking Dead’ Season 2, Episode 9: Lessons to Be Learned 2016-08-28T04:00:00Z When I travel, I aim for aimlessness, but this — well, this felt pointless. Lost in Java 2011-05-06T20:26:42Z Damon’s schlubby everyman Paul finds downsized life no shorter on ennui or existential aimlessness than before: his romantic and professional circumstances take a drastic dip alongside his property portfolio. High-concept satire Downsizing is dwarfed by its white saviour narrative 2017-12-18T05:00:00Z Her mother died when she was 13, triggering a period of aimlessness and grief. How a new film captured Zora Neale Hurston's radical authenticity 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z “Beyond the Wand,” Tom Felton’s self-portrait of child stardom and adulthood aimlessness, follows beats not unlike the arc of his Harry Potter performances. Review \| Harry Potter’s Tom Felton looks back at the highs and lows of stardom 2022-10-15T04:00:00Z Amid this aimlessness, there is a story told impressively in Jamaican dialect, and also in the second person, focusing on Dad’s early days and his decision to leave Jamaica for the states. Review: How to survive hurricanes, family and the American dream, in a blazing story cycle 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z The elderly crowd that spent the night drinking beer outside Mar-a-Lago is a perfect symbol of the current aimlessness of this particular threat. Trump, Alex Jones and Steve Bannon: GOP goons follow a familiar playbook when accountability knocks 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z When a friend texted the video to me, I thought it perfectly captured the mood of aimlessness and confusion, punctured by occasional magic, that defined New York in those early days of the pandemic. What Comes Next for an Artist Whose Work Goes Viral? 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z The truth is that if you want to see a portrait of factionalism and aimlessness, look closely at the dysfunctional collection of politicians that once could legitimately call itself the Grand Old Party. Opinion \| The Grand Old Party of disarray 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z Instead, we see in him glimmers of the coming era of male dysfunction: aimlessness, video games, economic uselessness, nu-metal and of course, that inheritance from Anthony Sr., depression. Why Is Every Young Person in America Watching ‘The Sopranos’? 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z Expressed largely in online memes and jokes - but also now a marketing trend that sells bubble tea, among other things - China's "sang wenhua", or "sang" culture, is a movement that ironically celebrates aimlessness and hopelessness. Lelush: How a sulky Russian model became China's slacker icon 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z In fact, the existing apps more often than not contribute to a sense of aimlessness, especially if youth lack the supports to tap into their interests and put their devices to good use. The ‘app generation’ meets the pandemic 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z And the movie, juggling too many narrative priorities over an overlong 137 minutes, seems to succumb to Scott’s own sense of aimlessness as much as it depicts it. Review: Pete Davidson bares his soul in 'The King of Staten Island,' but his co-stars truly rule 2020-06-08T04:00:00Z It contributes to the sense of aimlessness and eternal unresolved conflict for the people who are there. Who fights our "forever wars"? Pulitzer-winner C.J. Chivers on the true cost of Iraq and Afghanistan 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z An aimlessness that derailed her college career followed her back to Park Hill, a suburb 25 minutes north of Kansas City’s downtown, where high-income families mix with blue-collar workers and pine trees line wide avenues. Landry Shamet's path to NBA began with strong family ties 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z But the work, a low-boil film noir sitcom, suffers from a similar aimlessness. Review: Ethan Coen lifts the curtain on 'A Play Is a Poem,' but there's no rhyme, no reason 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z More recently, the psychoanalyst Josh Cohen identifies how a certain torpor or aimlessness he noticed in some of his clients seems to be a typical response to our culture of over-achievement and overwork. Most of us feel sleepy in the afternoon. Why can’t work fit round that? \| Andre Spicer 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z An official inquiry into the first year of the investigation later concluded that it was “characterised by alarming aimlessness and confusion”. Who killed the prime minister? The unsolved murder that still haunts Sweden 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z A great many Americans struggle with retirement—with aimlessness and the sudden absence of self-worth long associated with a hard day's work. Dwayne Wade chugs bottle of rosé while playing golf, already has retirement dialed in - Golf Digest 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z For his TMI’ing and for his ‘what do I want to do with my life’ aimlessness,” she concluded. Beto O’Rourke’s ‘excellent adventure drips with white male privilege’: CNN 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z There is aimlessness: Anders has retired, perhaps prematurely, from his job in finance; his twenty-seven-year-old son, despite having a degree from Northwestern, can’t figure out anything to do besides deliver liquor. Nicole Holofcener’s Human Comedies 2018-07-30T04:00:00Z Too many students are seeking clarity and purpose and finding only cacophony and aimlessness. Millennials Hit the Great Books 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z And what a bummer that “aimlessness” carries such a pejorative stink in the nostrils of most overachieving Americans. After 16 years in the garage, 1519 is ready to see the light of day 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z And suddenly, Downsizing is largely about his aimlessness, his midlife crisis, and the hapless way he seeks direction from other people. Downsizing takes the dullest path through a brilliant premise 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z It was years of aimlessness and more waiting. Yearning for the end of the world 2017-08-25T04:00:00Z But her films are beloved by those who identify with heroines whose humor, intellect, and sex appeal are offset by aimlessness, self-sabotage, and alternating strains of wickedness and remorse. Nicole Holofcener’s Human Comedies 2018-07-30T04:00:00Z Harris was a condensation, it appeared, of the aimlessness, the histrionics, and the monstrous, violent liberties of a younger generation with a fatal taste for extremes. The Feuds of Diana Trilling 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z There’s a fine line between freedom and aimlessness, however; each day, hundreds of songs are released that toe that line. Sampha and Migos Make Hits 2017-01-29T05:00:00Z Her life increasingly was marked by aimlessness and confusion. Couple shares daughter’s story of early-onset Alzheimer’s 2016-10-08T04:00:00Z He dropped out in 1980 to “begin his last addled ramble around the country,” on a path “of accelerating aimlessness and fragmentation” and increasingly erratic stalking behavior when it came to Foster. What To Know About John Hinckley Jr. 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z I hate the lack of mission, the nonexistent narrative, the intended aimlessness of the game: “What is the point?” I despise Pokémon Go, and there’s no way I’m the only one 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z It argued against busyness and careerism and for the ineffable value of aimlessness, of letting the imagination quietly coast. The Amateur Cloud Society That (Sort Of) Rattled the Scientific Community 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z But this aimlessness was a pose, as the table kept looping back, struggling to “punch up” bad dialogue in the season ender. “Black-ish” Transforms the Family Sitcom 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z Given his protective nature and her own relative aimlessness, the script almost suggests she made a mistake in leaving the bunker in the first place. The backlash against 10 Cloverfield Lane's ending is missing the point 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z A delicately calibrated portrayal of messy, modern living, the series offers a window into a generation often misunderstood and gets at what's driving an entire culture of aimlessness. On FXX's 'You're the Worst,' clinical depression is the show's fifth character 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z Do you recognize that in the show, the thematic resonance of the aimlessness of that age? 'Jessica Jones' showrunner Melissa Rosenberg talks rape, adaptation, and female sexuality 2015-11-22T05:00:00Z Part of the problem is the general aimlessness in the U.S. approach to Syria. Muddling Through 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z Didion used a vernacular voice that mimicked the laid-back aimlessness of Haight speech. The Radicalization of Joan Didion 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z But the new findings suggest that the level of aimlessness in these ants' behaviour is in fact very finely tuned. 'Leaders and lifters' help ants move massive meals - BBC News 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z That might partly explain the Kouachi brothers’ path to radical jihad, from a life of relative aimlessness. Muslims in Neglected Paris Suburbs Worry Conditions Could Produce More Terrorists 2015-01-10T05:00:00Z What we do know is that poverty and aimlessness perpetuate themselves. Domestic Violence Drives Up New York Shelter Population as Housing Options Are Scarce 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z For Herbert, just about everywhere one looks these days, one finds evidence of national aimlessness and entropy. Book review: ‘Losing Our Way,’ an portrait of America, by Bob Herbert Then she got into a taxi and had it drive around Manhattan for three hours, in the midst of rush hour: an expensive exercise in aimlessness. Did a Son's Autism Drive a Woman to Murder? Theirs are lives of “emptiness, and aimlessness and isolation,” due to an inordinate focus on “affluence, credentials, and prestige.” Can American Universities Escape the Abyss? 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z He said he often found “toxic levels of fear, anxiety and depression, of emptiness and aimlessness and isolation.” Why college kids aren’t timid or lost The joblessness and aimlessness of young people remain a deep well of volatility, whether or not countries took part in the Arab Spring. Tunisian Discontent Reflected in Protests That Have Idled Mines 2014-05-13T04:00:00Z Mr Hanh says he believes in “the power of aimlessness” and thinks civilisation is threatened by “voracious” economic growth. Reforming the World Bank: Zen and the art of poverty reduction 2013-10-17T15:02:28Z That being said, it does drive the action more than the aimlessness of Guild Wars 2. 'Final Fantasy XIV' Review In Progress: Too Hot To Handle, Too Cold To Hold (PC/PS3) 2013-09-02T18:08:00Z Why should we expect anything other than “aimlessness” from today’s students, “income inequality” notwithstanding? Can American Universities Escape the Abyss? 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z A year into the Hollande presidency, France seems to be stumbling along, with critics speaking of an amiable aimlessness, lack of direction and discipline, of small steps in the direction of economic reform. Year Into Hollande Presidency, ‘a Sense of Drift’ 2013-05-04T15:16:20Z Cameron: We must not be deflected from our sense of aimlessness. Do you want to be in Nick Clegg's gang? Not really … 2013-03-06T17:40:07Z This would be a full-on, bespoke, intensive approach to break the cycle of aimlessness and hopelessness associated with long term homelessness. Turning around lives of the homeless 2012-06-11T07:19:38Z His hands were behind his back and the aimlessness of his carriage gave evidence of deep thought. Bruce of the Circle A 2012-03-06T03:00:27.120Z No stranger watching Harry Rames as he speculated with an indulgent smile upon the aimlessness of Walter Hemming's long itinerary could have imagined that he had once himself led just such an expedition. The Turnstile 2012-01-29T03:00:09.260Z He skipped over to the writing table and began with a seeming aimlessness to pull out the drawers. Miranda of the Balcony A Story 2012-01-28T03:00:24.760Z If he looks beyond the things that immediately engage him to the final aimlessness of humanity, his own conduct assumes in his eyes the character of a frittering away. Human, All Too Human A Book for Free Spirits 2011-11-28T03:00:26.030Z Their utter sterility, aimlessness and poverty of thought—their passively resigning themselves to a mere assent to the thoughts and words of others—all this, when watched close at hand, makes a painful impression. Letters From Rome on the Council 2011-11-25T03:00:11.447Z An interim of aimlessness and despair of life was followed by a gradual healing of the spirit and restored activity of mind, through nothing more nor less than the power of poetry. The Open Question a tale of two temperaments 2011-10-25T02:00:22.173Z On one stretch it was found necessary to adopt a compromise between the wisdom of the serpent and the aimlessness of the crab, advancing by lateral jerks in a semi-recumbent attitude. Climbing in The British Isles, Vol. II Wales and Ireland 2011-09-23T02:00:23.653Z He seated himself beside her, and smoked and talked disconnectedly about himself,—of the aimlessness of his life, of his unrealised hopes, his disappointments, and the unsatisfying nature of his married life. The Bigamist 2011-08-31T02:01:34.797Z He strolled along in apparent aimlessness, as though taking a morning's constitutional. The Argus Pheasant 2011-08-27T02:00:20.160Z IN a passage of characteristic sagacity, Dr. J. H. Newman has depicted the partisan aimlessness more descriptive of the period when this little book first appeared, sixteen years ago, than it is now. The Principles Of Secularism 2011-07-22T02:00:17.390Z In the face of a paralyzing universal aimlessness, there could be to him no abiding sense of life in his personal enjoyments and desires. Prophets of Dissent : Essays on Maeterlinck, Strindberg, Nietzsche and Tolstoy 2011-05-17T02:00:20.900Z But, out of dislike for any cut-and-dried programme of several measures to be accepted wholesale and without question, the party must not be allowed to drift into aimlessness. Practical Politics; or, the Liberalism of To-day 2011-04-19T02:00:17.257Z Francie respected Christopher and rejected him; was thrown over by Hawkins, whom she loved; and married Roddy Lambert, her motives being “poverty, aimlessness, bitterness of soul and instinctive leniency towards any man who liked her.” Humours of Irish Life 2011-04-19T02:00:16.057Z The Marquis had suddenly become aware of an aimlessness in life which not even his new financial hopes enabled him to combat. The Wicked Marquis 2011-02-24T03:01:06.123Z Ferrars was intently studying the topography of the town, at least of that portion of it which he was then traversing with such seeming aimlessness. The Last Stroke a detective story 2011-02-19T03:01:39.327Z Only a solitary pedestrian--a young man elegantly dressed--walked leisurely and with apparent aimlessness along the paths. The Sign of Flame 2011-01-27T03:00:43.087Z All the while he cursed his aimlessness, his lack of purpose. The Mesa Trail 2011-01-27T03:00:37.207Z Red Herring, the town marshal, slouching with seeming aimlessness against a showcase at the other end of the counter, covertly watched the girl. The Rider of Golden Bar 2011-01-04T03:01:06.347Z This time he took his Mother's wedding ring from his little finger and twirled it with apparent aimlessness in his hands. The Sick-a-Bed Lady And Also Hickory Dock, The Very Tired Girl, The Happy-Day, Something That Happened in October, The Amateur Lover, Heart of The City, The Pink Sash, Woman's Only Business 2011-01-04T03:01:00.723Z Doesn't it reflect the general aimlessness of human endeavour? The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z Whereas once, such aimlessness was seen only in the “unusually creative or unusually disturbed,” he wrote, it was becoming more common and more ordinary in the baby boomers of 1970. What Is It About 20-Somethings? 2010-08-21T04:15:00Z And many Chinese worry about what they see as the aimlessness of a weakened U.S. How to Think About China 2010-04-08T08:50:00Z Sack says that the way to avoid aimlessness is "to stay super close to your customer and keep solving and addressing their needs." The App Market Grows 2010-04-05T16:05:00Z The sun went down beyond the pine tops and still he sat dully with his hands hanging over his knees, their fingers twitching in panic aimlessness. The Law of Hemlock Mountain He had traversed the length of many blocks in his aimlessness, crossing and recrossing his own course, and he was still feeble from long days of illness and inertia. The Key to Yesterday A kind of aimlessness crept over him and there no longer seemed any rational objective toward which to move. The Year When Stardust Fell It wanders with apparent aimlessness, but eventually gets there, at the cost of time, but without much work. The Land of Strong Men Conscious of the isolation that hung over the place—disproportionately aware of his own aimlessness, he stood uncertain in what direction to turn. The Gambler A Novel With the aimlessness of a somnambulist, and reasoning with himself the while, he walked down through Madison Avenue until he reached the square. The Truth About Tristrem Varick A Novel For we know very little save the aimlessness of a life that may be paradise, or its vestibule, or an instalment of some other region. The Intelligence of Woman Their fluffy dresses, their gay parasols, the aimlessness of their wandering steps marked them as visitors. Happy House I was tramping along with the aimlessness of the man whose steps are unguided. The Portal of Dreams The identity of birth and death, the aimlessness of all we undertake, were matters to which he had never given a thought. Eden An Episode The lot of many a girl, especially of many a girl with a rich father, is a tragedy of aimlessness. Vocal Expression A Class-book of Voice Training and Interpretation I'm astounded at the muddle of it, the waste and aimlessness of it. The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman But such aimlessness brings its own emptiness, and women strain and seek towards the god-head. The Truth About Woman Incredible numbers of people, with an incredible variation in the shades of their complexions, moved to and from with the peculiar aimlessness of a Brazilian crowd. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930 They had robbed and killed and fled with the aimlessness of common murderers, but here was one with a definite plan, to leave the whole State a smoking shambles. When the West Was Young At last she saw the two men striding forward in the direction of the steerage, and with a conspicuous absence of that aimlessness which marks the usual promenade at sea. A Bookful of Girls Incompetence and aimlessness, corruption and disloyalty, panic and ultimate disaster, must come to any people which is denied an assured access to the facts. Introduction to the Science of Sociology I was rescued from a life of aimlessness, and put in the way of doing something of good for my fellows. Tuskegee & Its People: Their Ideals and Achievements She had said something herself about waiting for her train in the station, and she had a sudden vision of the aimlessness of it, and of even the train bills and advertisements on the wall. Betty Leicester A Story For Girls She felt through every fibre of her being that it was all perfectly well with Henrietta, and that the bitterness, aimlessness, and emptiness of her life was made up to her. The Third Miss Symons He was naturally an intelligent man; and he might have attained influence in the community had it not been for his utter aimlessness of character, his indifference to fortune, and his consuming thirst for rum. Humorous Ghost Stories She noticed the men and boys who strolled with apparent aimlessness towards the thicket on the edge of the field, and returned wiping their lips on their sleeves. A Tar-Heel Baron Both his brothers and his biographer have made the aimlessness of this first European experience an occasion for something like reproach. Washington Irving Breed's movements now lost their aimlessness, and each day found him a few miles farther north. The Yellow Horde He ceased to climb, flattened and went skimming along the top of the cloud, darting here and there with seeming aimlessness. Tam o' the Scoots From which false beginnings rise the spent force, the premature stoppages, the stagnancy, the aimlessness and heartlessness, which are the scandals of the professional ministry and the weakness of the Christian Church in our day. The Preacher and His Models The Yale Lectures on Preaching 1891 In a word, it was the aimlessness and falsity of the nineteenth century coming back in the window after having been booted out the door; my folly was the failure to recognize it. Greener Than You Think Moreover, under such conditions, young people become disgusted with its monotony and aimlessness, and seek city employment. The Stewardship of the Soil Baccalaureate Address Indeed, her feet have for ages been treading debatable ground, that has shaken beneath her through the clashings of man's ignorance and her own vague, restless clamors and aimlessness. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 4, August, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy The absence of these virtues defines a group of negative vices: incapacity, imprudence, aimlessness, injustice, and irreverence. The Moral Economy Here he lost for a moment his sense of aimlessness, felt again the thrill of power and the joy of struggle. The Blood of the Conquerors They have borne with the narrowness of woman's culture and the aimlessness of her life, believing it all right. Aims and Aids for Girls and Young Women On the Various Duties of Life, Physical, Intellectual, And Moral Development; Self-Culture, Improvement, Dress, Beauty, Fashion, Employment, Education, The Home Relations, Their Duties To Young Men, Marriage, Womanhood And Happiness. Yes, she had been attracted by me from the first day, but she hated the friends I had round me, and she did not like the aimlessness of my life. Man and Maid A certain subtle charm—let us call it a dignified aimlessness—hung about them like an easy garment, labelling them as mild despisers of ambitions, of goals, of destinations, of conventionalities. Moriah's Mourning and Other Half-Hour Sketches They clambered into this and were soon jogging at an easy pace over the fragrant bordered road which wandered with apparent aimlessness between the green fields. The Seventh Noon She had no aptitude for aimlessness, and moreover thought it vulgar. The Tragic Muse On the contrary, the distinguishing features of his life are its incompleteness, aimlessness, imperfection, insignificance, neglect of talents and waste of opportunities. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" They were sitting in one of the alcoves of the assembly room, and at that moment a bell-boy, wandering around the place with apparent aimlessness, spied them and brought to Miss Josephine a big box. The Early Bird A Business Man's Love Story The elements of hell are pain, slavery, imprisonment, rebellion, forced exertion, forced inaction, shame, fear, self condemnation, social condemnation, universal condemnation, aimlessness, and despair. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life Helen, extended in her chair, an embodiment of lovely aimlessness, kept her eyes fixed on him. Franklin Kane There are more little cuddies of places, dye-shops, tailors, and nondescript corners that seem to have no possible mission on earth and are sadly conscious of their aimlessness. Violets and Other Tales There was no doubt about his eight years, except that he did not whoop and holler with the aimlessness of the standard eight-year-old boy. The Fourth R The house lies there in this circlet of trees, a low, whitewashed, flat-roofed adobe, rambling along in apparent aimlessness from cosey rooms through sheds and stables, until the whole connecting structure incloses a large corral. Emerson's Wife and Other Western Stories Presently I saw his fingers begin to move with apparent equal aimlessness. Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben Lenau's aimlessness and instability were so extreme that they may properly be counted a pathological trait. Types of Weltschmerz in German Poetry And the more a man the worker feels himself, the more hateful must his work be to him, because he feels the constraint, the aimlessness of it for himself. The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844 with a Preface written in 1892 History portrays many men of giant minds whose intellect could not redeem them from aimlessness and obscurity. The Investment of Influence A Study of Social Sympathy and Service Len Haswell had been walking with the aimlessness of insomnia, and asking himself over and over one question: "What changed it all?" Destiny A couple of miles away Eph Somers was slowly running the submarine back and forth over the water in seeming aimlessness. The Submarine Boys for the Flag Deeding Their Lives to Uncle Sam No, it is not that; but it is the utter aimlessness and failure of my life. Memoirs of Arthur Hamilton, B. A. Of Trinity College, Cambridge Extracted From His Letters And Diaries, With Reminiscences Of His Conversation By His Friend Christopher Carr Of The Same College The chief impression she got of London was its aimlessness. Captivity In carrying out his destiny he lashed about him with something of the elemental aimlessness of his mother the sea. Windjammers and Sea Tramps They wandered about in a laughing aimlessness, and there was a tone of disappointment in Richmond's voice when he halted and said, "Here's the road." The Colossus A Novel I descended the staircase, and an utter sense of aimlessness drove me out through the big doors, which swung behind me without noise. The Inheritors A new life now began for Vandover, a life of luxury and aimlessness which he found charming. Vandover and the Brute The luxurious aimlessness of her present life was a little heavy to the once poor, active, hard-working young governess, who had never known an idle or even a restful hour. Christian's Mistake For the first time, while he spoke, she let her eyes rest frankly upon him, and there came to her, as she did so, a vivid realization of the emptiness and aimlessness of his life. Life and Gabriella The Story of a Woman's Courage It was always one same dreadful melody, the Gagliarda of the "Areopagita," and he repeated it time after time with the perseverance and apparent aimlessness of an automaton. The Lost Stradivarius After an attack some months ago I met a solitary private wandering across a shell-torn field, I watched him and thought something was wrong by the aimlessness of his progress. Carry On Letters in War-Time There is a pleasure in seeing strange cats fly at his approach, either in single file over the wall or in the scattered aimlessness of a bursting bomb. The Pleasures of Ignorance You take advantage of every minute of solitude to gloat over thoughts of the aimlessness of life and the darkness of the grave. Love There it was again, the insistence on the responsibility, the activity, the importance of that sleepy, stuffy little office with its two men at work, its leisure, its aimlessness. The Rules of the Game Did she, too, wonder at life, at its emptiness and aimlessness? The Man in Lonely Land This perfectly accountable appearance, in its aimlessness, its unconsciousness, its irresponsiveness, is undeniably just like the common notion of a ghost. The Book of Dreams and Ghosts All day long, I wander with restless aimlessness about the house, my big house—so empty, so orderly in its stateliness—so frightfully silent! Nancy And together with this sensation come thoughts of the aimlessness of life, of death, and of the darkness of the grave. Love There was a sort of savage aimlessness in his gait. A Williams Anthology A Collection of the Verse and Prose of Williams College, 1798-1910 It was strewn in every direction, with seeming aimlessness. A Minstrel in France Through the smoke I saw a horse with its pack undone and flopping under its belly, trotting round with the wild aimlessness of horses in the bull-ring after they have been gored. Antwerp to Gallipoli A Year of the War on Many Fronts—and Behind Them He began to probe a little farther, albeit with an aimlessness about his questions that almost frightened him. Dust Psychologically, the defining characteristic of play is not amusement nor aimlessness. Democracy and Education: an introduction to the philosophy of education Soon the girl discovered that if she walked with such apparent aimlessness, some men looked at her with calculating eyes. Maggie, a Girl of the Streets This fleeting glimpse of her past served to emphasize the sense of aimlessness with which Lily at length turned toward home. House of Mirth It was a repetition of the aimlessness of the last night's wanderings. The Rise of Silas Lapham "The lives of these people," she tried to explain, the aimlessness, the way they live. The Voyage Out Theron strolled for a little, with an air of aimlessness, until he was well outside the more or less frequented neighborhood of the camp. The Damnation of Theron Ware At four o'clock the morning of the arrival, Lilly was up, moving with the aimlessness of great nervousness about the apartment. Star-Dust But there was nothing of aimlessness, idleness, or lack of vigour in Mrs. Mallathorpe. The Talleyrand Maxim I—I couldn't stand the aimlessness of life after you left. Quaint Courtships The gathering was chiefly for talk, and was a kind of thing I disliked, finding its aimlessness and flicker depressing. Wilfrid Cumbermede Gracie let her fingers wander with apparent aimlessness over the keys, drawing out soft, sweet strains. Ester Ried Yet Speaking All my thoughts regarding death and the aimlessness of life are correct and logical, yet in spite of it all, a man can sometimes be happy. Sanine Why don't you write a piece in our paper about the aimlessness of prison work? The Subterranean Brotherhood All the dignity, the strength, the devotion will be preserved by you; that graceful "aimlessness" comes no more. Early Letters of George Wm. Curtis Not only his own aimlessness, but the aimlessness of the staring, smiling crowd afflicted him. A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago Sometimes the aimlessness of his relation to Statira hung round him like a cloud, which he could not see beyond. The Minister's Charge A sinister aimlessness pervades the actions of those that move at all. Alone You'd think a criminal would be taught anything but aimlessness; it was aimlessness that got him here in the first place, nine times out of ten. The Subterranean Brotherhood And, however aimless life there seemed to be, it was an aimlessness of the general, not of the individual life. Early Letters of George Wm. Curtis Throw in a poignantly ironical dissertation on life, on its uncharted aimlessness, and speak like Sherwood Anderson about the desires that stir in the heart. A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago "Oh, I am sure of it!" cried Sewell, with cheerful aimlessness. The Minister's Charge Maybe the very aimlessness of such loiterings conduces to a like method of narrative. Alone There the disorder and aimlessness of our American lives becomes a crime for which men pay heavily. Marching Men Surveying the broad shoulders before him, he was thinking how nothing but aimlessness and fantasies and everything out of harmony with the career to come had been encouraged in the son. Over the Pass Their communications had sometimes a ridiculous aimlessness, and occasionally a subtle deviltry coated about with religion, like a pill with sugar, but often a significant and fearful accuracy. Men, Women, and Ghosts Absence of Motive -- N. absence of motive, aimlessness; caprice &c. Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases The wheels still went round, but the machine of State made less and less progress: stagnation and aimlessness were everywhere apparent. The War and Democracy In the third book of The Prelude we find a dispassionate account of student life, with its trivial occupations, its pleasures and general aimlessness. English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English Speaking World She imagined him with a certain amiable aimlessness turning his pony to one side so as not to knock down a danger sign, while he rode straight over a precipice. Over the Pass At first he tried to get at her point of view, to discover what she found to enjoy in this lunatic existence of aimlessness and futility. The Coming of Bill Under a mask of frivolity, however, youth often wears a serious face, and behind apparent aimlessness there is often a steady and final turning of the whole nature towards its goal. Essays on Work and Culture Thus aimlessness, so far as relations of study to life are concerned, is put at a premium, and students are directly encouraged to be omnivorous absorbers without further responsibility. How to Study and Teaching How to Study But as he got into his machine he recognized the futility of aimlessness. Youth Challenges Being far from your wonderful art, I did not understand you at first, nor your longing, your horror of aimlessness. The Crushed Flower and Other Stories The real horror is the dead weight of ennui, the aimlessness and fruitlessness of a life that has done nothing and has nothing to do. Problems of Conduct At the sight of the coat his gaze brightened, the aimlessness forsook him, and he gave an exclamation of relief. The Masquerader He related Winter's theory of the crime, and pointed out its seeming aimlessness. Number Seventeen To provide a historical process framework, to prevent feelings of aimlessness and vacuity, to motivate its adherents and to perpetuate itself and so on. After the Rain : how the West lost the East "How dare you," I exclaimed; "how dare you speak of aimlessness in our prison?" The Crushed Flower and Other Stories There was something shameful in his flaccid idleness, in the aimlessness of his whole life now, devoid of all work, undirected towards any effort. In the Wilderness She and Gudrun resumed work as usual, in the isolation of the studio, and this seemed an immeasurable happiness, a pure world of freedom, after the aimlessness and misery of the house. Women in Love I suppose he was alive to the ridiculous aimlessness of the race across country. Number Seventeen As they walked towards it in the sun, through narrow ways where idle Arabs lounged with happy aimlessness, Batouch talked of Count Anteoni, the owner of the garden. The Garden of Allah He drove on rapidly over the soft road, where the wheels made no sound, and the track wandered with apparent aimlessness through the interminable woods of young oak and pine. Dr. Breen's Practice But now, in order that my leisure might not degenerate into idleness and aimlessness, I must set up a claim for due work to do. Signs of Change She was quite young and indisputably pretty, but this malproprete, together with a certain aimlessness of manner, struck an incongruous note; for essentially she was of a type which for its complement needs vivacity. The Yellow Claw On one occasion, as though she had lost all patience, she flew out at him about the aimlessness of his life and the levity of his opinions. Nostromo, a Tale of the Seaboard His ideal, the Superman, lends him the cheerfulness necessary to the overcoming of that despair usually attendant upon godlessness and upon the apparent aimlessness of a world without a god. Thus Spake Zarathustra A book for all and none And one sunny afternoon in late spring-time the feud came—came, as such things mostly do come, with seeming aimlessness and triviality. Reginald in Russia and other sketches They talked at first chiefly about the history of the world and the extraordinary situation of aimlessness in a phase of ruin to which the Great War had brought all Europe, if not all mankind. Secret Places of the Heart A certain aimlessness of purpose which had troubled him during the last few months had disappeared. The Vanished Messenger When she had filled her jug she still roamed about with delicious aimlessness. Chronicles of Avonlea From the commercial travellers I now separated myself, and wandered alone in pleasurable aimlessness. The Virginian, a Horseman of the Plains Andy stopped long enough to roll and light a cigarette and then strolled after him with apparent aimlessness, secretly curious over the summons. The Flying U Ranch The arms of Mrs. Skelmersdale were no worse than the solemn aimlessness of hunting, and an evening of dalliance not an atom more reprehensible than an evening of chatter. The Research Magnificent
随便看	banking banking company banking concern banking game banking industry banking system banknote bankroll bankrupt bankruptcy Banks banksia Banksia integrifolia banksia rose banned banner banneret bannerlike banning bannister Bannister bannock Bannockburn banns banquet