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

Molly has gotten used to this kind of non sequitur. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

He was momentarily confused by the non sequitur. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Spoon was, in fact, so excited that he skipped his customary non sequitur. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

His delivery can feel staccato, and so can his lyrics, which on songs like “Part of the Plan” tend toward the non sequitur, rhyming syllables tacked onto jumbled thoughts. Rod Wave and Lil Tjay, Two Brands of Sing-Rap With Different Bite 2021-04-13T04:00:00Z

But his twitchy, ripply segues from one position to another, the non sequitur sequences, the lightning fast changes of dynamic, all speak of his own kinetic personality. Dance Review: Stephen Petronio, Making His Mark at the Joyce 2010-04-28T22:15:00Z

He comes out with a rather lovely non sequitur. Riz Ahmed: actor, rapper, ranter 2013-04-27T08:00:00Z

“I’m not responsible to the Lincoln Center crowd,” she added, which would seem to be a non sequitur were it not in the character of an old-fashioned downtown partisan. Review: Sarah Michelson’s Radical Sadness 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z

Her first appearance could just be a non sequitur joke. Catherine E. Coulson, 'Twin Peaks' Log Lady, Has Died 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z

As bizarre and non sequitur as the comedy in “Lady Dynamite” is, the show has an earnest core about breakdown and recovery. Review: ‘Lady Dynamite’ Finds Surreal Humor in Mental Illness 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z

In what seems a non sequitur, a section of the exhibition presents an assortment of Buddhist artworks. Art Review: Refined Restraint in ‘Treasures from Korea,’ in Philadelphia 2014-03-20T12:00:02Z

This is one of those contemporary, seemingly non sequitur objects placed to provoke questions about how one thing is like or unlike its neighbors. Three years and $56 million later, Seattle Asian Art Museum is reinvented and set to reopen 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z

I went away to Indonesia for a month, waterlogged from crying and sodden with the feeling that our relationship had been a fever dream, a non sequitur, a strange story inhabited by impossible characters. Modern Love: The Hardest Lesson to Learn 2011-02-04T18:20:03Z

That way, if anything else gets posted, someone can call it out as a non sequitur. Our group texts are blowing up during the pandemic. And we’re taking the drama personally. 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z

Why wouldn't he already be evolving it, crafting it, knowing how eager his public is for his next crazed non sequitur? Could Charlie Sheen's breakdown be an act? 2011-03-03T15:04:00Z

Connell knows how to make a sentence swerve unexpectedly toward the absurd, the non sequitur, and the comic, but always accurately. Mrs Bridge by Evan S Connell – rereading 2012-06-08T21:55:17Z

Under the direction of Ryan Cunningham, Morrison’s favored rhythm is one of sustained escalation, his energy rising like the shriek of a teapot until it’s eventually deflected into a non sequitur. ‘Sugar Daddy’ Review: The Grief Comes Out in Laughs 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z

I loved the total non sequitur of him gnawing on a toothbrush, proposing he and Adam get really weird and start taking selfies. 'Girls' Recap: An Awkward Date Night for Hannah 2015-03-01T05:00:00Z

Despite the odd non sequitur and a slight leaning towards American high school scenarios, it's a hugely addictive process and one that throws up way more than its fair share of silliness and hilarity. This week's games news 2013-03-16T06:00:11Z

You, Option 2: “It’s great to see you,” or, “You look well,” or your non sequitur of choice. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: If you want to stop a diva’s melodrama, let her hear crickets 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z

And the recurrence of the Teddy bear provides a visual joke—absurd, undercutting, and non sequitur—that keeps building. A Piercing View of the Twentieth Century, Through the Eyes of the Teddy Bear 2016-09-18T04:00:00Z

Heard in the background, Summerland’s P.A. system offers non sequitur announcements like “Earth is the only planet in our solar system not named after a god” or “Advanced Time Travel class is canceled.” ‘Legion’ Season 1, Episode 2: Memory Loss 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z

The “come and get some” is such a non sequitur. Q&A with Dana Carvey: Doing Johnny Carson getting pulled over, his ‘Fantastic’ podcast and whether there will be another ‘Wayne’s World’ 2021-04-13T04:00:00Z

There is an obvious link between Cunningham’s style and that of Ms. Tanowitz, who deploys similar limpidity, balletic lines, shifts of weight and direction, complex footwork and non sequitur sequences of steps. Review: In Merce Cunningham’s Honor, Pam Tanowitz Thrills 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z

She unleashes this song’s famous litany at a moment in the show that Mare Winningham, who plays the role at the Public, called “the weirdest non sequitur, but it weirdly works.” Plunder My Songbook, Bob Dylan Said. So He Did. 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z

He started with what at first seemed like a non sequitur about the filmmaker Milos Forman. The Best and the Worst of the Golden Globes 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z

The parody, early on, seems aimed at the dream worlds within dream worlds of "Inception," and the narrative is nonstop non sequitur. Review: Haste makes nonstop non sequitur in 'Awesome' member Jose Bold's 'Spidermann' 2011-01-21T18:59:04Z

The statement is marvellous, a valid non sequitur. Remembering Robert Venturi, the Close Reader of Architecture 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z

To the uninitiated it sounded like a non sequitur, but it was a winking reference to the title of his new project, a Tupac Shakur musical set to open next week. Tony Awards 2014: A stage to tout coming attractions 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z

McCain's versatile response would even be an appropriate burn to add to Trump's repertoire of grade-school insults and non sequitur outbursts. Thank you, Meghan McCain! "you were at my wedding Denise...." is the meme we all needed 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z

Which, in the case of Lorelei’s comedy can include a long non sequitur about being followed home and killed by a one-foot-tall imp with a giant head. Five Nonbinary Comics on This Moment: ‘I’m Not Some New Buzzword’ 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z

And he throws out this seeming non sequitur a few lines later: “No one will believe that I wanted children.” Schomburg Center Acquires Maya Angelou Archive 2010-10-26T20:15:00Z

In the non sequitur conversation, a female-sounding voice declared that she wasn’t going to clean on her day off, “unless it's at home,” evidently speaking to someone on the phone or elsewhere in the restaurant. McDonald's employee accidentally leaves drive-thru mic on, revealing hilarious conversation 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z

The non sequitur final anti-government segment seems irreconcilable with all the American virtues he's simultaneously extolling. 'America' documentary rebuts history of exploitation argument 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z

Of all the surprise turns in musical compositions, one stands out as practically a non sequitur. Readers Name Some Favorite Musical Surprises of Their Own 2014-04-25T14:00:02Z

It's not so much a spoof of a single network as of the cable-news gestalt of agitation and non sequitur. Faking News 2011-01-20T06:05:00Z

She feels she is “a human non sequitur — senseless and misplaced, a bad joke, a joke with no place to land.” Catherine Lacey’s ‘Nobody Is Ever Missing’ 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z

Accompanying this discussion is a close-up of a Lebanese cedar, a non sequitur that works to highlight the gaps and the absences that define documentation and nonfiction. Teju Cole uses his camera and his writing to pry open the cities he visits in 'Blind Spot' 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z

The most cohesive section is the middle, between “Preschooled,” which focuses on the very young, and “Preposterous,” a non sequitur of a finale that deals, partly, with speed-dating seniors. Review: ‘Hong Kong Trilogy,’ Captures the Voices of the People 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z

But Twitter’s ability to connect them directly to their audiences has made it the garbage dump of choice for their every opinion and non sequitur. Noted: Celebrities Are Leaving Twitter 2012-07-18T19:24:09Z

The prose poems that make up the bulk of this slim book, all of them called “The Problem,” resemble absurdist flash fiction, disrupting reality through juxtaposition and non sequitur. New & Noteworthy 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z

He flies from subject to non sequitur to, finally, a seemingly throwaway line that only later strikes me as profound, like Buress in a nutshell. Meet the inscrutible, electric Hannibal Buress 2011-06-15T21:32:00Z

To be fair, Brooks moves on from that brain-boggling non sequitur to a somewhat sequential argument that America is good at other things too, and the purported mood of national pessimism is therefore unmerited. Ryan Lochte, Donald Trump and the steep decline of American democracy 2016-08-20T04:00:00Z

It took me a beat to respond to this apparent non sequitur. Perspective | My doctor told me to get a dog, but I couldn’t. Meet my emotional support fish. 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z

The woman felt she was “a human non sequitur — senseless and misplaced, a bad joke, a joke with no place to land.” ‘The Answers’ Runs Down the Rabbit Hole of Love 2017-05-30T04:00:00Z

Once or twice I tried to interject a new subject, but I felt like I was making a non sequitur. Ask Amy: Partners differ on privacy 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z

When it’s a non sequitur, that’s when it works the best. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Mom wants a birthday party and volunteers her kids to pay 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z

Kanye West can barf up a heinous non sequitur about Bill Cosby’s innocence and a percentage of the population will shrug it off while reminding us that he wrote Flashing Lights and deserves our adoration. Shkreli, Kanye and Trump: a most heinous trinity not worthy of our hatred 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z

He recalls “the opposition leader’s shouted questions, the brilliant non sequitur replies, the festive jeers and clever imitations of sheep.” Ian McEwan’s Political Satire ‘The Cockroach’ Offers a Reversal of Kafka 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z

Like many moments in “Secret Things,” the image suggests drama and emotion, but its non sequitur juxtapositions are also abstract. Review: Pam Tanowitz’s Witty Dance Secrets in London 2023-02-05T05:00:00Z

The mind, too, tends to flit freely, moving from cogent reminiscence to random non sequitur like a needle skipping across a record. ‘Nico: Underground,’ Starring Tammy Faye Starlite 2014-09-14T04:00:00Z

Ms. Williams is a master of the non sequitur as emotional signal flare. Review: The Stories of Joy Williams: Short, but Seldom Sweet 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z

This is a poetry of assemblage, where violence and beauty combine and hang on Sze’s particular gift for the leaping non sequitur. Four New Poetry Collections Confront Despair With Wonder 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z

The uninhibited, unpredictable chats of the original web series – filled with profane, non sequitur observations and clumsy lunges at buckets – worked better than Comedy Central’s current careful production sometimes does. Drunk History season two: it isn’t quite as funny when it isn’t quite as trashed 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z

The aesthetic that emerges from this curious philosophical non sequitur is a basic wariness about any kind of direct expression. Perspective | Forty years of sex and gender in the wilds of New York 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z

But the finale turned violent — an unearned non sequitur — flipping the set’s upscale resort into the scene of a shocking snuff film. The Ups and Downs of Europe’s Most Interesting Opera Festival 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z

I, too, like the new post-prog rock group Squid, but putting their song “Sludge” over the end credits is a non sequitur. ‘Last Looks’ Review: A Hollywood Murder Mystery Full of Clichés 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z

At first glance it’s a dopey non sequitur skit, but it’s also a slyly backhanded tribute to an actor who can commit to just about anything. Summer Movies: Mark Wahlberg Joins Will Ferrell in ?The Other Guys? 2010-05-01T03:47:00Z

A pert performance of Schumann's Second Symphony followed, another non sequitur. Mark Swed hits the road for a weekend of SoCal orchestra listening 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z

It sounds like a non sequitur — but when Siddhartha Khosla traces the arc of his life, there’s a consistent through line that makes as much sense as any good melody. The haunting melodies on 'Only Murders in the Building' have roots in Indian film and Hindi songs 2023-08-09T04:00:00Z

J. Michael Luttig, a conservative former appeals court judge who was once a top Supreme Court candidate for President George W. Bush, said the Hunter Biden discussion was a political non sequitur. For the Court of Public Opinion, Trump Relies on ‘Whataboutism’ Defense 2023-08-02T04:00:00Z

But it is a non sequitur to conclude that children don't represent number beforehand. Readers Respond to the March 2023 Issue 2023-07-01T04:00:00Z

It’s far less effective in an ostensibly more unhinged, unbridled work like “Beau Is Afraid,” where even the most surreal intrusion and the nuttiest non sequitur feels calculated to within an inch of its life. Review: ‘Beau Is Afraid’ is quite an odyssey, but not necessarily an oughta-see 2023-04-14T04:00:00Z

And here in 2022 sat Jackson — relaxed shoulders instead of relaxed hair — skillfully answering non sequitur questions about racist babies while ignoring the blaring dog whistle in the room. A person learns a lot while growing locs like Judge Jackson’s 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z

To know how that went down, all you had to catch was the windup for Hemmer’s loaded softball — a master class in non sequitur journalism: Perspective | Enes Kanter Freedom, off the bench and onto Fox News, is a true American now 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z

The 5th Circuit majority said the censure alone was retaliation against constitutionally protected speech, and — non sequitur alert — therefore was unconstitutional. Opinion | The Supreme Court should hesitate before striding into this free-speech minefield 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z

There has always been something of a non sequitur at the heart of the European Championships. Ravaged and Resilient, the Show Goes On 2021-06-11T04:00:00Z

But this is a non sequitur, borrowed from an earlier recession by people who don’t seem to understand the fix we are in at the moment. Opinion | Stimulus checks are the most indefensible part of the covid relief bill 2021-03-08T05:00:00Z

But while the parallels between Covid-19 and climate change are logically sound, I fear that the inferred political connection may be a non sequitur. Covid-19 and the climate crisis are part of the same battle | Jeffrey Frankel 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z

But if that struck you as an irritating non sequitur, then I have given you a reasonably accurate impression of Jake. Review: 'I'm Thinking …’ is another marvelous, melancholy mind trap from Charlie Kaufman 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z

His medieval aspiration rests on a non sequitur: All legal systems affirm certain value, therefore it is permissible to enforce orthodoxies. Opinion | When American conservatism becomes un-American 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z

Trump snapped that she should “ask China,” a non sequitur that many people took to be a reference to her Chinese American ethnicity; he soon abandoned the conference. Perspective | Covid testing is about saving lives. Trump thinks it’s just about numbers. 2020-05-14T04:00:00Z

Then, in a non sequitur, the ad tacks in a different direction and attacks Utah Sen. Mitt Romney – the only Republican to vote to convict on an article of impeachment against Trump. 'Hillary still ain't in jail': Alabama Senate GOP primary gets dirty as candidates fight over Sessions, Trump 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z

The Washington court decided simply that the state power to choose the manner of selecting electors is “absolute” and — non sequitur alert — therefore includes each state’s discretion to deny discretion to the electors. Opinion | Like it or not, faithless electors have a right to be unfaithful 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z

At last, this condition made sense of the non sequitur of my often lonely and overridingly out-of-sync life. I lived with depression for decades – until my Asperger's diagnosis explained it all 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z

Mr. O’Rourke’s entire campaign sometimes feels like one giant non sequitur. With Beto O’Rourke on the Couldn’t-Care-Less Campaign Trail 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z

As a result, Trump’s presidency “would be more like a live raw feed, chaotic, non sequitur, unedited.” Review | Trump watches TV. Trump stars on TV. Trump is TV. 2019-09-12T04:00:00Z

This gamboling musical adaptation, in which words spin freely as both spoken and sung non sequitur, celebrates circularity in all its manifold resonances. Review: The Odyssey's 'In Circles' stylishly revives a '60s Gertrude Stein musical experiment 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z

But after becoming governor, Newsom proposed legislation to withhold gas tax funds from cities that weren’t doing enough to spur home building — a non sequitur. With California's vaccine bill, children's immunizations and Newsom's word are at stake 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z

First, the comparison to Trump is just a non sequitur. Why critics should not "lay off" of Joe Biden’s embarrassing gaffes 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z

Pressed about whether he approved of this despicable treatment of children “as a father … a man of faith,” Pence’s response was a callous non sequitur. For undocumented children, there is no "right to life" 2019-07-20T04:00:00Z

“I couldn’t believe that two words, a total non sequitur, would have that kind of impact,” he told the Los Angeles Times. Arte Johnson, ‘verry interesting’ comedian on ‘Laugh-In,’ dies at 90 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z

That denial had the air of a non sequitur: No one has alleged intentional misconduct on his part. Has Biden’s political image been significantly hurt? What we know and what we don’t 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z

“The ‘no collusion’ mantra is simply a non sequitur.” AP FACT CHECK: O’Rourke on climate, Trump on ‘no collusion’ 2019-03-16T04:00:00Z

Jackson went on to effectively mock Manafort’s attorneys for peddling an irrelevant “no collusion” argument that, as she put it, was both a “non sequitur” and “unrelated to the matters at hand.” Trump's new 'proof' of exoneration in Russia scandal is imaginary 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z

From the bench, Jackson called the defense’s repeated claims about the lack of collusion with the Russian government “a non sequitur.” Paul Manafort sentenced to a total of 7.5 years in prison for conspiracy and fraud, and charged with mortgage fraud in N.Y. 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z

“It’s hard to understand why an attorney would write that … The ‘no collusion’ mantra is simply a non sequitur.” 5 most scathing rebukes in Judge Amy Berman Jackson’s sentencing of Paul Manafort 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z

The editorial’s wrongheaded statement was followed by a non sequitur: “Others benefit from their innovations without paying.” Opinion | Readers react to the Editorial Board’s Green New Deal 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z

Mediations is best experienced when you remember it’s there, serving as a short distraction or non sequitur from whatever you were doing or thinking about. Meditations provides a new game daily for distraction and inspiration 2019-02-03T05:00:00Z

Nothing about this event will stay a secret,” he said, adding a non sequitur: “Saudi Arabia is a brother country to us.” Erdogan Says Saudis Planned Khashoggi’s Killing in Turkey 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z

Lewandwoski replied with a non sequitur about securing the border, which Jackson caught. Lewandowski shut down trying to defend Trump’s lies: “Why can’t the president just tell the... 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z

When informed that her parents’ home is scheduled for demolition, she counters with the obvious non sequitur that the permafrost is melting. Barbara Kingsolver’s latest is more polemic than poetry 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z

He’s not facing jail time, making the right’s cries of “beyond a reasonable doubt” rather a non sequitur. Opinion | No matter what happens, Kavanaugh is being punished 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z

Through this flagrant non sequitur, he basically told the American people, “Things aren’t as bad as you think they are.” Opinion | What ‘Fear’ and the anonymous op-ed say about America 2018-09-09T04:00:00Z

It was non sequitur, it was hard to follow the scripts. As 'Adventure Time' wraps, a look back at how the series broke barriers and changed the genre 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z

To those not steeped in Trump-friendly blogs and cable programs, it might have seemed like a bizarre non sequitur. Perspective | Trump could get his intel from the government. Instead, he gets it from Fox News. 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z

Move directly to another topic; a total non sequitur is fine, and perhaps preferable. A Protégé Behaves Badly. Should You Remain His Mentor? 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z

What might seem a non sequitur or surreal in Stein is understood as plain speech in Thomson's deceptively straightforward setting. Opera UCLA proves Susan B. Anthony, more than ever, remains 'The Mother of Us All' 2018-05-21T04:00:00Z

Coleman told the gathering a personal story that at first seemed like a non sequitur. An African American leader brings a provocative take to expanded Civil War museum 2018-04-15T04:00:00Z

The comment was enough of a non sequitur that the rest of the room quieted down. Winning, Losing, and Learning to be a Better Member of the Team 2018-03-04T05:00:00Z

As showbiz tastes shifted from modish jazz standards to fizzy, folky pop numbers, the original song became more of a non sequitur. Analysis | The Oscar for best original song is a garbage category 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z

In remarks before a Cabinet meeting Wednesday, Mr. Trump returned, in a familiar if tedious non sequitur, to American libel law. More Libel Law Bluster 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z

Instead of Franken shaming Alabama, which is really quite a non sequitur, they lead to help Doug Jones to begin with. Opinion | Roadkill on Capitol Hill 2017-12-09T05:00:00Z

"Marxist-Leninism" has no "capitalist" form - capitalist Marxism or Leninism is a complete non sequitur. Opinion | What If the Russian Revolution Had Never Happened? 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z

According to Haller, he yelled the non sequitur to get the attention of Pearsall, her sister and a nearby group he called “the stroller brigade.” Spokane woman sues bicyclist who yelled ‘hot pizza!’ before slamming into her on trail 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z

In one particular scene, they share dinner together and walk along the sidewalk until, in a complete non sequitur, Seo threatens to make Lee’s life a living hell. Leverage meets The Handmaiden in Netflix’s K-drama White Nights 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z

The non sequitur of this article is that, if the alternative to the lone gunman theory is a conspiracy theory, then Oswald must indeed have shot Kennedy. Who’s Fueling Conspiracy Whisperers’ Falsehoods? 2017-04-30T04:00:00Z

I was almost confused; this seemed such a non sequitur. My life with Oliver Sacks: ‘He was the most unusual person I had ever known’ 2017-03-26T04:00:00Z

To appreciate the non sequitur, substitute “macaroni and cheese” for “art.” Opinion | Abolish the National Endowment for the Arts 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z

This is an accurate reading of the report — and a non sequitur. Opinion | How liberals undermine the food stamp program 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z

Even so, this, from the Washington Post’s Dana Milbank, is a ridiculous non sequitur: Pelosi Gets One Right 2016-11-28T05:00:00Z

The non sequitur of this article is that, if the alternative to the lone gunman theory is a conspiracy theory, then Oswald must indeed have... Who’s Fueling Conspiracy Whisperers’ Falsehoods? 2017-04-30T04:00:00Z

That last option is a bit of a non sequitur. Same Old Rig-marole 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z

But Trump quickly deflected with a non sequitur: “But it’s locker-room talk, and it’s one of those things. I will knock the hell out of ISIS.” Scorched earth on a split screen: Trump is unbowed in the second debate 2016-10-09T04:00:00Z

Piling non sequitur upon non sequitur, he next turned to the threat posed by a nuclear-armed North Korea, where “we’re doing nothing.” What Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton got wrong about nuclear weapons 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z

Asked by a fan via his website when to expect a full album, Sumney evaded the question with a non sequitur: “Did anyone try the chicken? I thought the chicken was lovely!” Listen now Essential tracks from Angel Olsen and Moses Sumney 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z

Eventually the jokes stopped being jokes and started being the word "HARAMBE" thrown out as a non sequitur to elicit a laugh because it's a funny word and teenagers loves discomfort comedy. What is the meme of the summer? 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z

On the one hand, this isn’t even hyperbole so much as a complete non sequitur designed to willfully confuse the issue. Terrible excuses for Melania Trump's plagiarism, ranked 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z

Which Reg addresses in a lovely, if completely non sequitur, speech that forces Kelly Ann to do some workplace speechifying of her own. Showtime’s ‘Roadies’ piles on the pain, but where’s the passion for rock ’n’ roll? 2016-06-25T04:00:00Z

It is a non sequitur revealing the cynical subordination of faith to politics. Evangelical Christians are selling out faith for politics 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z

Anyway, among the smoky taquitos and barbecued chicken thighs on the bar menu, you will find buttermilk biscuits, which seems a bit like a non sequitur. What Jonathan Gold is into: ERB's buttermilk biscuits and bourbon 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z

A similar non sequitur arises in criticism of Obama’s failed attempt to persuade the International Olympic Committee to award the 2016 Summer Games to Chicago. Ten inconsistencies in Trump's big foreign policy address 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z

The twisted brainchild of Mark Frost and David Lynch, "Twin Peaks" set the bar for non sequitur weirdness in a network TV series. Misfit TV shows are finally getting the respect they deserve 2015-12-24T05:00:00Z

Given these caveats, it's a non sequitur in this report, serving only to drive home the idea that dating apps are dangerous. The UN doesn't know if hookup apps are spreading HIV, so stop saying it 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z

Directed by Coppola and infused at every turn with Murray's plaintive deadpan and fine melancholy tenor, it's prickly and sweet, familiar yet abruptly non sequitur and gently, surprisingly modern. Bill Murray's naughty 'n' nice 'Very Murray Christmas' belongs on an all-year-long wish list 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z

Foremost were demands that it redress the widely-held beliefs that scientific evidence has become a non sequitur in government policy-making—and that scientists are shut out of providing input into decisions. Optimism at Canada’s annual science policy summit, but also doubts 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z

“I’m running for President, because as I go around this nation, I talk to a lot of people,” he said, in a confusing and bizarre non sequitur. None of the Democrats Has a Strategy for ISIS 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z

That piece in that place is a non sequitur.” Santa Monica Council votes to fund restoration of late cartoonist's anti-nuclear war sculpture 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z

Asked if corporations had a responsibility to be good citizens, he offered a non sequitur answer: that his first job as commander in chief would be “to rebuild the military.” Republicans at Early Debate Fight for a Breakthrough Moment 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z

“I saw Williams recently,” my grandfather might announce, non sequitur. Another Lost Red Sox Season 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z

He helpfully quotes the prelude to the “terrorist groups” assertion: That’s quite a non sequitur. Terrorists and Boxcars 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z

It certainly allows for the pursuit of answers to many good questions that beckon, but renounces the scientific analogue to the non sequitur: the seemingly erudite answer to a contrived, misguided question. Diet in a Taubesy-Turvy World 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z

This bland verbiage prefaced his closing non sequitur: “Nothing is more important to me than my family, my faith, and my friends.” These religious clowns should scare you: GOP candidates’ gullible, lunatic faith is a massive character flaw 2015-08-16T04:00:00Z

Then, a few days later, after filling me in on her summer plans, she sent another non sequitur: “I am on a 24-hour Champagne diet!!!” Drizzy and the New Celebrity Worship 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z

“The question is, kind of, a non sequitur, if you will,” Mitt Romney said at the time. Iraq War Remains a Quagmire That Republicans Hope to Avoid 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z

On the other hand, the part about “small government” is something of a non sequitur. Terrorists and Boxcars 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z

Like most celebrities appearing on the show, he was a bit of a non sequitur, but a memorable one at that. Ten Memorable Leonard Nimoy Onscreen Appearances 2015-02-28T05:00:00Z

"Kindly is sort of a non sequitur in the social networking world. It feels to me like an artificial interaction, created because it could be created." Kindly app lets strangers bond briefly over troubles 2015-01-10T05:00:00Z

This is what folks in the biz call a non sequitur – the first claim has nothing to do with the second. Fox's Hannity calls the unemployment rate 'a lie' 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z

He first feinted with an offhand comment about federal funding of abortions – a non sequitur in the debates surrounding state-level abortion law – then changed the subject. Republicans Mask Anti-Abortion Laws As Concern for Women's Health 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z

Some clueless but contented cats make non sequitur arguments. Catfight at the Anti-Feminist Corral: Felines Join the Anti-Feminist Debate

Daisey said, in a typical non sequitur observation that came after the bit about women in the theater. Mike Daisey is feeling himself 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z

Best non sequitur: When the questions started, there were plenty that Mr. Earnest wanted to avoid. Josh Earnest's First Briefing: A Few Observations 2014-06-20T04:00:00Z

That is what is known in the philosophical trade as a non sequitur. The Lancet's Manifesto For Planetary Health: Loons On The Loose 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z

The obvious problem with that statement is that it is a non sequitur. Banks That Are Criminals Remain in Business 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z

At family dinner he sat largely silent until he interrupted with a non sequitur or unrelated question. Your Money: Four Stand-Out College Essays About Money 2014-05-09T15:44:22Z

As an individual tweet, it just looked like a non sequitur racist slur from a famous person to about a million followers. #Cancel Your Outrage: Stephen Colbert Is Not a Racist 2014-03-28T18:44:06Z

And now the article has been edited and my comment looks like a non sequitur. Mark Cuban is right to warn about greed, but the NFL is smart enough to adjust 2014-03-25T04:39:50Z

Would we pronounce that wartime non sequitur, that the men “did not die in vain”? India Ink: Rethinking the Indian War Memorial 2014-01-31T13:06:38Z

A common media non sequitur is that subscription revenues are somehow superior to ad revenues. Is Big Media Trading Digital Dollars for Analog Dimes? 2013-08-19T04:00:00Z

Their temporary new logo — a giant penguin looking away from a house — is an awkward amalgam, a glyphic non sequitur. Op-Ed Contributor: Book Publishing’s Big Gamble 2013-07-10T01:00:09Z

The Lynch clip, which included human characters with rabbit heads who made non sequitur statements, random laughter and applause as well as ominous music, was meant to induce unease and discomfort among the viewers. Can Tylenol Dissolve Feelings of Dread? 2013-04-19T08:45:00Z

It was like the old days of the 1990s, when journalists mined every word of frequently voodoo elliptical non sequitur nonsense for Proustian profundity. Did Dennis Rodman Just Change the World? 2013-03-26T08:45:00Z

Rubio says in what seems like a non sequitur as we pull into the stadium parking lot. Senator Rubio Follows the N.F.L. Like a Regular Fan 2012-12-22T02:12:08Z

Similarly, the Financial Services Roundtable e-mail on "Some U.S. banks are too big" is based on a non sequitur. Today's Economist: Simon Johnson: Why Are the Big Banks Suddenly Afraid? 2012-08-30T09:00:25Z

But the rest of the video is basically one long non sequitur. Koch versus Obama 2012-05-10T10:00:00Z

Of course it is sufficient only to reflect non sequitur; for it is precisely the difference between the man and the apple, that, whereas every apple must rot after ripeness, no man is bound to. The English Novel And the Principle of its Development 2012-03-21T02:00:37.123Z

If you think that's a non sequitur, consider what the polls did Monday to the two teams. Saint Mary's turns back Gonzaga in overtime, 78-74 2012-03-06T04:50:04Z

But this is a non sequitur, since the modifications may reappear merely because they are re-impressed directly on each successive generation. Herbert Spencer 2012-02-29T03:00:20.773Z

This would be a non sequitur, even if the premises were true. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:04:02.353Z

Without the fall, the atonement is a non sequitur. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:52.627Z

This seems to us quite a non sequitur. Gleanings by the Way 2012-01-24T03:00:27.717Z

But as far as I can see it is a howling non sequitur to conclude that mental data are objects of scientific knowledge. There's Something Wrong with the Philosophy of Mind 2011-12-31T19:37:27Z

“The question is kind of a non sequitur, if you will, and what I mean by that — or a null set,” he said. For Romney, Lesson of 2008 Is Fewer Lessons 2011-10-25T01:04:10Z

As to my mouth being stopped with the froth of the title, that is, as the learned Partridge says, a non sequitur. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 6 2011-10-07T02:00:22.270Z

This argument practically defines the term non sequitur. Economic View: Obama?s Jobs Plan Deserves a Hearing 2011-09-24T22:14:20Z

To me, it is a mere non sequitur. The Revision Revised 2011-07-15T02:00:18.897Z

—This is a glaring non sequitur and fallacy. A Bayard From Bengal Being some account of the Magnificent and Spanking Career of Chunder Bindabun Bhosh,... 2011-07-13T02:00:17.950Z

This feels a bit like a non sequitur, but at least Romney is back on message. What You Missed While Not Watching the New Hampshire GOP Debate 2011-06-14T09:30:00Z

On logic, Mr. Geithner’s thinking includes a major non sequitur, as he continues to deny that the size of our largest banks poses a problem. Economix: The Banking Emperor Has No Clothes 2011-06-09T09:00:58Z

To Fisher's logical mind the proposal that he should apologise was a non sequitur. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105, August 12th 1893 2011-05-21T02:00:09.207Z

You are quite right, there was a clear non sequitur in the new series O'D., and I have corrected it, I hope, satisfactorily. Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II 2011-04-15T02:00:16.987Z

"I was only three weeks in Sweden, and therefore I wrote about it," seems to me as ugly a non sequitur as need be. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. II 2011-03-03T03:00:54.950Z

This is a non sequitur, and a weak fallacy and gross delusion. Presidential Candidates: containing Sketches, Biographical, Personal and Political, of Prominent Candidates for the Presidency in 1860 2011-02-27T03:00:34.390Z

The Super Bowl of socialism The Super Bowl has become a true televisual non sequitur -- a bizarre "Rocky"-style montage mashing together as many divergent strands of American culture as possible. The Super Bowl of socialism 2011-02-11T12:01:00Z

Basketball is silly and frivolous and deserves to be poked fun at, but “Slim Chin” is at best a non sequitur that completely derails Adidas’s campaign. Off the Dribble: Take it From Jordan: Quick Works in Ads Too 2010-12-22T20:28:11Z

It may be reading a special significance into a non sequitur, but I was struck by a speech Mr. Obama made last month in Kokomo, Indiana, to auto workers about their reviving industry. Politicus: In Cables, a More Savvy Washington 2010-12-13T14:20:00Z

Foxman called Beck, in a complete non sequitur, "a strong supporter of Israel." Anti-Defamation League Should Withdraw Award It Gave Rupert Murdoch 2010-11-18T21:00:00Z

Toys trigger what the movie's director, Lee Unkrich, calls a child's "crazy, non sequitur imagination." TIME's Review of Toy Story 3: 'An Instant Classic' 2010-06-17T22:05:00Z

Then he delivered this equally oddball non sequitur: “By the way, Tiger Woods is a really good man.” Inside The Rings: The Winter Games With the Summery Smile 2010-02-27T18:27:00Z

Neither Presidents nor lawmakers want to be branded unpatriotic by trying to cut defense spending, a non sequitur if there ever was one. Military Spending: Why the Defense Budget Should Be Cut 2010-02-24T09:30:00Z

“Am I still going to get a present?” the girl answered in a kind of non sequitur. 2010-02-06T23:37:00Z

It should now be easy to see that the argument involves a complete non sequitur. Kant's Theory of Knowledge

You'll pardon my answer, of course, I was merely trying to top your own non sequitur. You Don't Make Wine Like the Greeks Did

But as this music never has been, our English terms like “primitive,” “original,” etc., would involve a non sequitur which is avoided, at least, by “infinite.” Sketch of a New Esthetic of Music

This leaving-out of the pith of the matter, and the bringing into juxtaposition of two sets of unrelated semi-rhetorical remarks, gives to the quotation a forced and rather non sequitur air. Are we Ruined by the Germans?

To say that it comes because of a tariff, is a complete non sequitur. Principles Of Political Economy Abridged with Critical, Bibliographical, and Explanatory Notes, and a Sketch of the History of Political Economy

In the very outset, the assumed parallel between Japan's rise as a military power and her predicted rise as an industrial power should be branded as the groundless non sequitur that it is. Where Half The World Is Waking Up The Old and the New in Japan, China, the Philippines, and India, Reported With Especial Reference to American Conditions

To the writer it seems a non sequitur. The Goat-gland Transplantation As Originated and Successfully Performed by J. R. Brinkley, M. D., of Milford, Kansas, U. S. A., in Over 600 Operations Upon Men and Women

Surely, the inference that Batty was not a real personage in some distant age—that he was a mere myth—must be a non sequitur from the premises before us. Notes and Queries, Number 33, June 15, 1850

A delicious non sequitur, sheer nonsense, and yet with an air of conviction that is irresistable. Bardell v. Pickwick

Probably this conviction was a non sequitur, but argument cannot overcome it, and it will control action with all the financial and other consequences which must ensue. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals

As the latter information was very satisfactory evidence as to the skill and honesty of the tradesman, I could not be guilty of such a non sequitur as not to promise to employ him. Rattlin the Reefer

“So I thought,” replied the lady, to this polite non sequitur of the gentleman. Newton Forster The Merchant Service

When Professor Haeckel urges that "the various functions of the soul are bound up with certain special parts of the brain," and cease when the latter are destroyed, the reply is quite simple: non sequitur. Problems of Immanence: studies critical and constructive

This was followed by a declaration which might well be viewed as a non sequitur. Twenty Years of Congress, Volume 2 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860

By a series of non sequitur arguments the average disputant succeeds admirably in proving what is foreign to the subject. The Arena Volume 4, No. 20, July, 1891

Ergo, Q. S., which means good sequitur; it can hardly be a non sequitur, if nothing follows. Autobiography and Letters of Orville Dewey, D.D. Edited by his Daughter

If Carlyle's French Revolution be trusted as real history, it lands us in as futile a non sequitur as ever historian committed. Studies in Early Victorian Literature

He had forgiven himself the incident of yesterday, but no proof of a non sequitur could make him relinquish his dismal verdict. The Half-Hearted

The concluding sentence contains what Partridge 256 would call a non sequitur, for the finest musical sensibility may coexist with the most commonplace qualities. Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale) (2nd ed.) (2 vols.) Edited with notes and Introductory Account of her life and writings

There was never a more glaring non sequitur, and yet it is the very cornerstone upon which rests the whole structure of the new philosophy. Elements of Debating

Surely the "because" &c. is a non sequitur! Notes and Queries, Number 27, May 4, 1850

I heartily agree with the non sequitur statement that "if you think right you will act right." Socialism and American ideals

There's no non sequitur, I think, in that, And this is logic plain as a, b, c. Black Beetles in Amber

"So I thought," replied the lady, to this polite non sequitur of the gentleman. Newton Forster

“That is a non sequitur,” said Mr Cranium. Headlong Hall

They say, supposing there was a conspiracy, non sequitur that the prisoner is guilty as principal. The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster With an Essay on Daniel Webster as a Master of English Style

It is scarcely possible that Douglas convinced himself by such a glaring non sequitur; but he had no other alternative. Abraham Lincoln, a History — Volume 02

That had been to her, a complete non sequitur, an enigma. Mary Wollaston

To this, though a non sequitur, every one will cry Amen! Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 1

To the other House allusion is non sequitur—but I wish to plead for this part, because the thing really is not to be passed over. The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 2

Why, you may be told by forty conventions in Massachusetts, in Ohio, in New York, or elsewhere, that, if a colored man comes here, he comes as a freeman; that is a non sequitur. The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster With an Essay on Daniel Webster as a Master of English Style

This is what the logicians would call a non sequitur, which means a conclusion which does not follow from the premises stated. The Woman's Bible

I said our own life was so directly reasoned from its economic premises that they could hardly believe the plutocratic life was often an absolute non sequitur of the plutocratic premises. Through the Eye of the Needle A Romance

"Your last is a non sequitur, my dear sir," said I, laughing. Tom Cringle's Log

‘Mr. Landseer knows too well by this time that that is a non sequitur.’ Prose Idylls, New and Old

It is all a non sequitur, and still we ask the reason and the meaning of it all. Towards the Great Peace

I am absolutely remorseless in tracking down a non sequitur, pitiless in forcing data to yield up their implicit conclusions. Without Prejudice

By thus removing Premise B, Premise A becomes a non sequitur. The Forerunner, Volume 1 (1909-1910)

The master understood the characteristic non sequitur as an allusion to his want of gallantry on the previous day, but took no notice of it. Trent's Trust, and Other Stories

单词	non sequitur
例句	non sequitur Molly has gotten used to this kind of non sequitur. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z He was momentarily confused by the non sequitur. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Spoon was, in fact, so excited that he skipped his customary non sequitur. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z His delivery can feel staccato, and so can his lyrics, which on songs like “Part of the Plan” tend toward the non sequitur, rhyming syllables tacked onto jumbled thoughts. Rod Wave and Lil Tjay, Two Brands of Sing-Rap With Different Bite 2021-04-13T04:00:00Z But his twitchy, ripply segues from one position to another, the non sequitur sequences, the lightning fast changes of dynamic, all speak of his own kinetic personality. Dance Review: Stephen Petronio, Making His Mark at the Joyce 2010-04-28T22:15:00Z He comes out with a rather lovely non sequitur. Riz Ahmed: actor, rapper, ranter 2013-04-27T08:00:00Z “I’m not responsible to the Lincoln Center crowd,” she added, which would seem to be a non sequitur were it not in the character of an old-fashioned downtown partisan. Review: Sarah Michelson’s Radical Sadness 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z Her first appearance could just be a non sequitur joke. Catherine E. Coulson, 'Twin Peaks' Log Lady, Has Died 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z As bizarre and non sequitur as the comedy in “Lady Dynamite” is, the show has an earnest core about breakdown and recovery. Review: ‘Lady Dynamite’ Finds Surreal Humor in Mental Illness 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z In what seems a non sequitur, a section of the exhibition presents an assortment of Buddhist artworks. Art Review: Refined Restraint in ‘Treasures from Korea,’ in Philadelphia 2014-03-20T12:00:02Z This is one of those contemporary, seemingly non sequitur objects placed to provoke questions about how one thing is like or unlike its neighbors. Three years and $56 million later, Seattle Asian Art Museum is reinvented and set to reopen 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z I went away to Indonesia for a month, waterlogged from crying and sodden with the feeling that our relationship had been a fever dream, a non sequitur, a strange story inhabited by impossible characters. Modern Love: The Hardest Lesson to Learn 2011-02-04T18:20:03Z That way, if anything else gets posted, someone can call it out as a non sequitur. Our group texts are blowing up during the pandemic. And we’re taking the drama personally. 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z Why wouldn't he already be evolving it, crafting it, knowing how eager his public is for his next crazed non sequitur? Could Charlie Sheen's breakdown be an act? 2011-03-03T15:04:00Z Connell knows how to make a sentence swerve unexpectedly toward the absurd, the non sequitur, and the comic, but always accurately. Mrs Bridge by Evan S Connell – rereading 2012-06-08T21:55:17Z Under the direction of Ryan Cunningham, Morrison’s favored rhythm is one of sustained escalation, his energy rising like the shriek of a teapot until it’s eventually deflected into a non sequitur. ‘Sugar Daddy’ Review: The Grief Comes Out in Laughs 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z I loved the total non sequitur of him gnawing on a toothbrush, proposing he and Adam get really weird and start taking selfies. 'Girls' Recap: An Awkward Date Night for Hannah 2015-03-01T05:00:00Z Despite the odd non sequitur and a slight leaning towards American high school scenarios, it's a hugely addictive process and one that throws up way more than its fair share of silliness and hilarity. This week's games news 2013-03-16T06:00:11Z You, Option 2: “It’s great to see you,” or, “You look well,” or your non sequitur of choice. Perspective \| Carolyn Hax: If you want to stop a diva’s melodrama, let her hear crickets 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z And the recurrence of the Teddy bear provides a visual joke—absurd, undercutting, and non sequitur—that keeps building. A Piercing View of the Twentieth Century, Through the Eyes of the Teddy Bear 2016-09-18T04:00:00Z Heard in the background, Summerland’s P.A. system offers non sequitur announcements like “Earth is the only planet in our solar system not named after a god” or “Advanced Time Travel class is canceled.” ‘Legion’ Season 1, Episode 2: Memory Loss 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z The “come and get some” is such a non sequitur. Q&A with Dana Carvey: Doing Johnny Carson getting pulled over, his ‘Fantastic’ podcast and whether there will be another ‘Wayne’s World’ 2021-04-13T04:00:00Z There is an obvious link between Cunningham’s style and that of Ms. Tanowitz, who deploys similar limpidity, balletic lines, shifts of weight and direction, complex footwork and non sequitur sequences of steps. Review: In Merce Cunningham’s Honor, Pam Tanowitz Thrills 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z She unleashes this song’s famous litany at a moment in the show that Mare Winningham, who plays the role at the Public, called “the weirdest non sequitur, but it weirdly works.” Plunder My Songbook, Bob Dylan Said. So He Did. 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z He started with what at first seemed like a non sequitur about the filmmaker Milos Forman. The Best and the Worst of the Golden Globes 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z The parody, early on, seems aimed at the dream worlds within dream worlds of "Inception," and the narrative is nonstop non sequitur. Review: Haste makes nonstop non sequitur in 'Awesome' member Jose Bold's 'Spidermann' 2011-01-21T18:59:04Z The statement is marvellous, a valid non sequitur. Remembering Robert Venturi, the Close Reader of Architecture 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z To the uninitiated it sounded like a non sequitur, but it was a winking reference to the title of his new project, a Tupac Shakur musical set to open next week. Tony Awards 2014: A stage to tout coming attractions 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z McCain's versatile response would even be an appropriate burn to add to Trump's repertoire of grade-school insults and non sequitur outbursts. Thank you, Meghan McCain! "you were at my wedding Denise...." is the meme we all needed 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z Which, in the case of Lorelei’s comedy can include a long non sequitur about being followed home and killed by a one-foot-tall imp with a giant head. Five Nonbinary Comics on This Moment: ‘I’m Not Some New Buzzword’ 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z And he throws out this seeming non sequitur a few lines later: “No one will believe that I wanted children.” Schomburg Center Acquires Maya Angelou Archive 2010-10-26T20:15:00Z In the non sequitur conversation, a female-sounding voice declared that she wasn’t going to clean on her day off, “unless it's at home,” evidently speaking to someone on the phone or elsewhere in the restaurant. McDonald's employee accidentally leaves drive-thru mic on, revealing hilarious conversation 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z The non sequitur final anti-government segment seems irreconcilable with all the American virtues he's simultaneously extolling. 'America' documentary rebuts history of exploitation argument 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z Of all the surprise turns in musical compositions, one stands out as practically a non sequitur. Readers Name Some Favorite Musical Surprises of Their Own 2014-04-25T14:00:02Z It's not so much a spoof of a single network as of the cable-news gestalt of agitation and non sequitur. Faking News 2011-01-20T06:05:00Z She feels she is “a human non sequitur — senseless and misplaced, a bad joke, a joke with no place to land.” Catherine Lacey’s ‘Nobody Is Ever Missing’ 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z Accompanying this discussion is a close-up of a Lebanese cedar, a non sequitur that works to highlight the gaps and the absences that define documentation and nonfiction. Teju Cole uses his camera and his writing to pry open the cities he visits in 'Blind Spot' 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z The most cohesive section is the middle, between “Preschooled,” which focuses on the very young, and “Preposterous,” a non sequitur of a finale that deals, partly, with speed-dating seniors. Review: ‘Hong Kong Trilogy,’ Captures the Voices of the People 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z But Twitter’s ability to connect them directly to their audiences has made it the garbage dump of choice for their every opinion and non sequitur. Noted: Celebrities Are Leaving Twitter 2012-07-18T19:24:09Z The prose poems that make up the bulk of this slim book, all of them called “The Problem,” resemble absurdist flash fiction, disrupting reality through juxtaposition and non sequitur. New & Noteworthy 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z He flies from subject to non sequitur to, finally, a seemingly throwaway line that only later strikes me as profound, like Buress in a nutshell. Meet the inscrutible, electric Hannibal Buress 2011-06-15T21:32:00Z To be fair, Brooks moves on from that brain-boggling non sequitur to a somewhat sequential argument that America is good at other things too, and the purported mood of national pessimism is therefore unmerited. Ryan Lochte, Donald Trump and the steep decline of American democracy 2016-08-20T04:00:00Z It took me a beat to respond to this apparent non sequitur. Perspective \| My doctor told me to get a dog, but I couldn’t. Meet my emotional support fish. 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z The woman felt she was “a human non sequitur — senseless and misplaced, a bad joke, a joke with no place to land.” ‘The Answers’ Runs Down the Rabbit Hole of Love 2017-05-30T04:00:00Z Once or twice I tried to interject a new subject, but I felt like I was making a non sequitur. Ask Amy: Partners differ on privacy 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z When it’s a non sequitur, that’s when it works the best. Perspective \| Carolyn Hax: Mom wants a birthday party and volunteers her kids to pay 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z Kanye West can barf up a heinous non sequitur about Bill Cosby’s innocence and a percentage of the population will shrug it off while reminding us that he wrote Flashing Lights and deserves our adoration. Shkreli, Kanye and Trump: a most heinous trinity not worthy of our hatred 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z He recalls “the opposition leader’s shouted questions, the brilliant non sequitur replies, the festive jeers and clever imitations of sheep.” Ian McEwan’s Political Satire ‘The Cockroach’ Offers a Reversal of Kafka 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z Like many moments in “Secret Things,” the image suggests drama and emotion, but its non sequitur juxtapositions are also abstract. Review: Pam Tanowitz’s Witty Dance Secrets in London 2023-02-05T05:00:00Z The mind, too, tends to flit freely, moving from cogent reminiscence to random non sequitur like a needle skipping across a record. ‘Nico: Underground,’ Starring Tammy Faye Starlite 2014-09-14T04:00:00Z Ms. Williams is a master of the non sequitur as emotional signal flare. Review: The Stories of Joy Williams: Short, but Seldom Sweet 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z This is a poetry of assemblage, where violence and beauty combine and hang on Sze’s particular gift for the leaping non sequitur. Four New Poetry Collections Confront Despair With Wonder 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z The uninhibited, unpredictable chats of the original web series – filled with profane, non sequitur observations and clumsy lunges at buckets – worked better than Comedy Central’s current careful production sometimes does. Drunk History season two: it isn’t quite as funny when it isn’t quite as trashed 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z The aesthetic that emerges from this curious philosophical non sequitur is a basic wariness about any kind of direct expression. Perspective \| Forty years of sex and gender in the wilds of New York 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z But the finale turned violent — an unearned non sequitur — flipping the set’s upscale resort into the scene of a shocking snuff film. The Ups and Downs of Europe’s Most Interesting Opera Festival 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z I, too, like the new post-prog rock group Squid, but putting their song “Sludge” over the end credits is a non sequitur. ‘Last Looks’ Review: A Hollywood Murder Mystery Full of Clichés 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z At first glance it’s a dopey non sequitur skit, but it’s also a slyly backhanded tribute to an actor who can commit to just about anything. Summer Movies: Mark Wahlberg Joins Will Ferrell in ?The Other Guys? 2010-05-01T03:47:00Z A pert performance of Schumann's Second Symphony followed, another non sequitur. Mark Swed hits the road for a weekend of SoCal orchestra listening 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z It sounds like a non sequitur — but when Siddhartha Khosla traces the arc of his life, there’s a consistent through line that makes as much sense as any good melody. The haunting melodies on 'Only Murders in the Building' have roots in Indian film and Hindi songs 2023-08-09T04:00:00Z J. Michael Luttig, a conservative former appeals court judge who was once a top Supreme Court candidate for President George W. Bush, said the Hunter Biden discussion was a political non sequitur. For the Court of Public Opinion, Trump Relies on ‘Whataboutism’ Defense 2023-08-02T04:00:00Z But it is a non sequitur to conclude that children don't represent number beforehand. Readers Respond to the March 2023 Issue 2023-07-01T04:00:00Z It’s far less effective in an ostensibly more unhinged, unbridled work like “Beau Is Afraid,” where even the most surreal intrusion and the nuttiest non sequitur feels calculated to within an inch of its life. Review: ‘Beau Is Afraid’ is quite an odyssey, but not necessarily an oughta-see 2023-04-14T04:00:00Z And here in 2022 sat Jackson — relaxed shoulders instead of relaxed hair — skillfully answering non sequitur questions about racist babies while ignoring the blaring dog whistle in the room. A person learns a lot while growing locs like Judge Jackson’s 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z To know how that went down, all you had to catch was the windup for Hemmer’s loaded softball — a master class in non sequitur journalism: Perspective \| Enes Kanter Freedom, off the bench and onto Fox News, is a true American now 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z The 5th Circuit majority said the censure alone was retaliation against constitutionally protected speech, and — non sequitur alert — therefore was unconstitutional. Opinion \| The Supreme Court should hesitate before striding into this free-speech minefield 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z There has always been something of a non sequitur at the heart of the European Championships. Ravaged and Resilient, the Show Goes On 2021-06-11T04:00:00Z But this is a non sequitur, borrowed from an earlier recession by people who don’t seem to understand the fix we are in at the moment. Opinion \| Stimulus checks are the most indefensible part of the covid relief bill 2021-03-08T05:00:00Z But while the parallels between Covid-19 and climate change are logically sound, I fear that the inferred political connection may be a non sequitur. Covid-19 and the climate crisis are part of the same battle \| Jeffrey Frankel 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z But if that struck you as an irritating non sequitur, then I have given you a reasonably accurate impression of Jake. Review: 'I'm Thinking …’ is another marvelous, melancholy mind trap from Charlie Kaufman 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z His medieval aspiration rests on a non sequitur: All legal systems affirm certain value, therefore it is permissible to enforce orthodoxies. Opinion \| When American conservatism becomes un-American 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z Trump snapped that she should “ask China,” a non sequitur that many people took to be a reference to her Chinese American ethnicity; he soon abandoned the conference. Perspective \| Covid testing is about saving lives. Trump thinks it’s just about numbers. 2020-05-14T04:00:00Z Then, in a non sequitur, the ad tacks in a different direction and attacks Utah Sen. Mitt Romney – the only Republican to vote to convict on an article of impeachment against Trump. 'Hillary still ain't in jail': Alabama Senate GOP primary gets dirty as candidates fight over Sessions, Trump 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z The Washington court decided simply that the state power to choose the manner of selecting electors is “absolute” and — non sequitur alert — therefore includes each state’s discretion to deny discretion to the electors. Opinion \| Like it or not, faithless electors have a right to be unfaithful 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z At last, this condition made sense of the non sequitur of my often lonely and overridingly out-of-sync life. I lived with depression for decades – until my Asperger's diagnosis explained it all 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z Mr. O’Rourke’s entire campaign sometimes feels like one giant non sequitur. With Beto O’Rourke on the Couldn’t-Care-Less Campaign Trail 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z As a result, Trump’s presidency “would be more like a live raw feed, chaotic, non sequitur, unedited.” Review \| Trump watches TV. Trump stars on TV. Trump is TV. 2019-09-12T04:00:00Z This gamboling musical adaptation, in which words spin freely as both spoken and sung non sequitur, celebrates circularity in all its manifold resonances. Review: The Odyssey's 'In Circles' stylishly revives a '60s Gertrude Stein musical experiment 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z But after becoming governor, Newsom proposed legislation to withhold gas tax funds from cities that weren’t doing enough to spur home building — a non sequitur. With California's vaccine bill, children's immunizations and Newsom's word are at stake 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z First, the comparison to Trump is just a non sequitur. Why critics should not "lay off" of Joe Biden’s embarrassing gaffes 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z Pressed about whether he approved of this despicable treatment of children “as a father … a man of faith,” Pence’s response was a callous non sequitur. For undocumented children, there is no "right to life" 2019-07-20T04:00:00Z “I couldn’t believe that two words, a total non sequitur, would have that kind of impact,” he told the Los Angeles Times. Arte Johnson, ‘verry interesting’ comedian on ‘Laugh-In,’ dies at 90 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z That denial had the air of a non sequitur: No one has alleged intentional misconduct on his part. Has Biden’s political image been significantly hurt? What we know and what we don’t 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z “The ‘no collusion’ mantra is simply a non sequitur.” AP FACT CHECK: O’Rourke on climate, Trump on ‘no collusion’ 2019-03-16T04:00:00Z Jackson went on to effectively mock Manafort’s attorneys for peddling an irrelevant “no collusion” argument that, as she put it, was both a “non sequitur” and “unrelated to the matters at hand.” Trump's new 'proof' of exoneration in Russia scandal is imaginary 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z From the bench, Jackson called the defense’s repeated claims about the lack of collusion with the Russian government “a non sequitur.” Paul Manafort sentenced to a total of 7.5 years in prison for conspiracy and fraud, and charged with mortgage fraud in N.Y. 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z “It’s hard to understand why an attorney would write that … The ‘no collusion’ mantra is simply a non sequitur.” 5 most scathing rebukes in Judge Amy Berman Jackson’s sentencing of Paul Manafort 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z The editorial’s wrongheaded statement was followed by a non sequitur: “Others benefit from their innovations without paying.” Opinion \| Readers react to the Editorial Board’s Green New Deal 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z Mediations is best experienced when you remember it’s there, serving as a short distraction or non sequitur from whatever you were doing or thinking about. Meditations provides a new game daily for distraction and inspiration 2019-02-03T05:00:00Z Nothing about this event will stay a secret,” he said, adding a non sequitur: “Saudi Arabia is a brother country to us.” Erdogan Says Saudis Planned Khashoggi’s Killing in Turkey 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z Lewandwoski replied with a non sequitur about securing the border, which Jackson caught. Lewandowski shut down trying to defend Trump’s lies: “Why can’t the president just tell the... 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z When informed that her parents’ home is scheduled for demolition, she counters with the obvious non sequitur that the permafrost is melting. Barbara Kingsolver’s latest is more polemic than poetry 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z He’s not facing jail time, making the right’s cries of “beyond a reasonable doubt” rather a non sequitur. Opinion \| No matter what happens, Kavanaugh is being punished 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z Through this flagrant non sequitur, he basically told the American people, “Things aren’t as bad as you think they are.” Opinion \| What ‘Fear’ and the anonymous op-ed say about America 2018-09-09T04:00:00Z It was non sequitur, it was hard to follow the scripts. As 'Adventure Time' wraps, a look back at how the series broke barriers and changed the genre 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z To those not steeped in Trump-friendly blogs and cable programs, it might have seemed like a bizarre non sequitur. Perspective \| Trump could get his intel from the government. Instead, he gets it from Fox News. 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z Move directly to another topic; a total non sequitur is fine, and perhaps preferable. A Protégé Behaves Badly. Should You Remain His Mentor? 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z What might seem a non sequitur or surreal in Stein is understood as plain speech in Thomson's deceptively straightforward setting. Opera UCLA proves Susan B. Anthony, more than ever, remains 'The Mother of Us All' 2018-05-21T04:00:00Z Coleman told the gathering a personal story that at first seemed like a non sequitur. An African American leader brings a provocative take to expanded Civil War museum 2018-04-15T04:00:00Z The comment was enough of a non sequitur that the rest of the room quieted down. Winning, Losing, and Learning to be a Better Member of the Team 2018-03-04T05:00:00Z As showbiz tastes shifted from modish jazz standards to fizzy, folky pop numbers, the original song became more of a non sequitur. Analysis \| The Oscar for best original song is a garbage category 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z In remarks before a Cabinet meeting Wednesday, Mr. Trump returned, in a familiar if tedious non sequitur, to American libel law. More Libel Law Bluster 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z Instead of Franken shaming Alabama, which is really quite a non sequitur, they lead to help Doug Jones to begin with. Opinion \| Roadkill on Capitol Hill 2017-12-09T05:00:00Z "Marxist-Leninism" has no "capitalist" form - capitalist Marxism or Leninism is a complete non sequitur. Opinion \| What If the Russian Revolution Had Never Happened? 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z According to Haller, he yelled the non sequitur to get the attention of Pearsall, her sister and a nearby group he called “the stroller brigade.” Spokane woman sues bicyclist who yelled ‘hot pizza!’ before slamming into her on trail 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z In one particular scene, they share dinner together and walk along the sidewalk until, in a complete non sequitur, Seo threatens to make Lee’s life a living hell. Leverage meets The Handmaiden in Netflix’s K-drama White Nights 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z The non sequitur of this article is that, if the alternative to the lone gunman theory is a conspiracy theory, then Oswald must indeed have shot Kennedy. Who’s Fueling Conspiracy Whisperers’ Falsehoods? 2017-04-30T04:00:00Z I was almost confused; this seemed such a non sequitur. My life with Oliver Sacks: ‘He was the most unusual person I had ever known’ 2017-03-26T04:00:00Z To appreciate the non sequitur, substitute “macaroni and cheese” for “art.” Opinion \| Abolish the National Endowment for the Arts 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z This is an accurate reading of the report — and a non sequitur. Opinion \| How liberals undermine the food stamp program 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z Even so, this, from the Washington Post’s Dana Milbank, is a ridiculous non sequitur: Pelosi Gets One Right 2016-11-28T05:00:00Z The non sequitur of this article is that, if the alternative to the lone gunman theory is a conspiracy theory, then Oswald must indeed have... Who’s Fueling Conspiracy Whisperers’ Falsehoods? 2017-04-30T04:00:00Z That last option is a bit of a non sequitur. Same Old Rig-marole 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z But Trump quickly deflected with a non sequitur: “But it’s locker-room talk, and it’s one of those things. I will knock the hell out of ISIS.” Scorched earth on a split screen: Trump is unbowed in the second debate 2016-10-09T04:00:00Z Piling non sequitur upon non sequitur, he next turned to the threat posed by a nuclear-armed North Korea, where “we’re doing nothing.” What Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton got wrong about nuclear weapons 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z Asked by a fan via his website when to expect a full album, Sumney evaded the question with a non sequitur: “Did anyone try the chicken? I thought the chicken was lovely!” Listen now Essential tracks from Angel Olsen and Moses Sumney 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z Eventually the jokes stopped being jokes and started being the word "HARAMBE" thrown out as a non sequitur to elicit a laugh because it's a funny word and teenagers loves discomfort comedy. What is the meme of the summer? 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z On the one hand, this isn’t even hyperbole so much as a complete non sequitur designed to willfully confuse the issue. Terrible excuses for Melania Trump's plagiarism, ranked 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z Which Reg addresses in a lovely, if completely non sequitur, speech that forces Kelly Ann to do some workplace speechifying of her own. Showtime’s ‘Roadies’ piles on the pain, but where’s the passion for rock ’n’ roll? 2016-06-25T04:00:00Z It is a non sequitur revealing the cynical subordination of faith to politics. Evangelical Christians are selling out faith for politics 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z Anyway, among the smoky taquitos and barbecued chicken thighs on the bar menu, you will find buttermilk biscuits, which seems a bit like a non sequitur. What Jonathan Gold is into: ERB's buttermilk biscuits and bourbon 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z A similar non sequitur arises in criticism of Obama’s failed attempt to persuade the International Olympic Committee to award the 2016 Summer Games to Chicago. Ten inconsistencies in Trump's big foreign policy address 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z The twisted brainchild of Mark Frost and David Lynch, "Twin Peaks" set the bar for non sequitur weirdness in a network TV series. Misfit TV shows are finally getting the respect they deserve 2015-12-24T05:00:00Z Given these caveats, it's a non sequitur in this report, serving only to drive home the idea that dating apps are dangerous. The UN doesn't know if hookup apps are spreading HIV, so stop saying it 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z Directed by Coppola and infused at every turn with Murray's plaintive deadpan and fine melancholy tenor, it's prickly and sweet, familiar yet abruptly non sequitur and gently, surprisingly modern. Bill Murray's naughty 'n' nice 'Very Murray Christmas' belongs on an all-year-long wish list 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z Foremost were demands that it redress the widely-held beliefs that scientific evidence has become a non sequitur in government policy-making—and that scientists are shut out of providing input into decisions. Optimism at Canada’s annual science policy summit, but also doubts 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z “I’m running for President, because as I go around this nation, I talk to a lot of people,” he said, in a confusing and bizarre non sequitur. None of the Democrats Has a Strategy for ISIS 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z That piece in that place is a non sequitur.” Santa Monica Council votes to fund restoration of late cartoonist's anti-nuclear war sculpture 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z Asked if corporations had a responsibility to be good citizens, he offered a non sequitur answer: that his first job as commander in chief would be “to rebuild the military.” Republicans at Early Debate Fight for a Breakthrough Moment 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z “I saw Williams recently,” my grandfather might announce, non sequitur. Another Lost Red Sox Season 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z He helpfully quotes the prelude to the “terrorist groups” assertion: That’s quite a non sequitur. Terrorists and Boxcars 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z It certainly allows for the pursuit of answers to many good questions that beckon, but renounces the scientific analogue to the non sequitur: the seemingly erudite answer to a contrived, misguided question. Diet in a Taubesy-Turvy World 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z This bland verbiage prefaced his closing non sequitur: “Nothing is more important to me than my family, my faith, and my friends.” These religious clowns should scare you: GOP candidates’ gullible, lunatic faith is a massive character flaw 2015-08-16T04:00:00Z Then, a few days later, after filling me in on her summer plans, she sent another non sequitur: “I am on a 24-hour Champagne diet!!!” Drizzy and the New Celebrity Worship 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z “The question is, kind of, a non sequitur, if you will,” Mitt Romney said at the time. Iraq War Remains a Quagmire That Republicans Hope to Avoid 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z On the other hand, the part about “small government” is something of a non sequitur. Terrorists and Boxcars 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z Like most celebrities appearing on the show, he was a bit of a non sequitur, but a memorable one at that. Ten Memorable Leonard Nimoy Onscreen Appearances 2015-02-28T05:00:00Z "Kindly is sort of a non sequitur in the social networking world. It feels to me like an artificial interaction, created because it could be created." Kindly app lets strangers bond briefly over troubles 2015-01-10T05:00:00Z This is what folks in the biz call a non sequitur – the first claim has nothing to do with the second. Fox's Hannity calls the unemployment rate 'a lie' 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z He first feinted with an offhand comment about federal funding of abortions – a non sequitur in the debates surrounding state-level abortion law – then changed the subject. Republicans Mask Anti-Abortion Laws As Concern for Women's Health 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z Some clueless but contented cats make non sequitur arguments. Catfight at the Anti-Feminist Corral: Felines Join the Anti-Feminist Debate Daisey said, in a typical non sequitur observation that came after the bit about women in the theater. Mike Daisey is feeling himself 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z Best non sequitur: When the questions started, there were plenty that Mr. Earnest wanted to avoid. Josh Earnest's First Briefing: A Few Observations 2014-06-20T04:00:00Z That is what is known in the philosophical trade as a non sequitur. The Lancet's Manifesto For Planetary Health: Loons On The Loose 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z The obvious problem with that statement is that it is a non sequitur. Banks That Are Criminals Remain in Business 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z At family dinner he sat largely silent until he interrupted with a non sequitur or unrelated question. Your Money: Four Stand-Out College Essays About Money 2014-05-09T15:44:22Z As an individual tweet, it just looked like a non sequitur racist slur from a famous person to about a million followers. #Cancel Your Outrage: Stephen Colbert Is Not a Racist 2014-03-28T18:44:06Z And now the article has been edited and my comment looks like a non sequitur. Mark Cuban is right to warn about greed, but the NFL is smart enough to adjust 2014-03-25T04:39:50Z Would we pronounce that wartime non sequitur, that the men “did not die in vain”? India Ink: Rethinking the Indian War Memorial 2014-01-31T13:06:38Z A common media non sequitur is that subscription revenues are somehow superior to ad revenues. Is Big Media Trading Digital Dollars for Analog Dimes? 2013-08-19T04:00:00Z Their temporary new logo — a giant penguin looking away from a house — is an awkward amalgam, a glyphic non sequitur. Op-Ed Contributor: Book Publishing’s Big Gamble 2013-07-10T01:00:09Z The Lynch clip, which included human characters with rabbit heads who made non sequitur statements, random laughter and applause as well as ominous music, was meant to induce unease and discomfort among the viewers. Can Tylenol Dissolve Feelings of Dread? 2013-04-19T08:45:00Z It was like the old days of the 1990s, when journalists mined every word of frequently voodoo elliptical non sequitur nonsense for Proustian profundity. Did Dennis Rodman Just Change the World? 2013-03-26T08:45:00Z Rubio says in what seems like a non sequitur as we pull into the stadium parking lot. Senator Rubio Follows the N.F.L. Like a Regular Fan 2012-12-22T02:12:08Z Similarly, the Financial Services Roundtable e-mail on "Some U.S. banks are too big" is based on a non sequitur. Today's Economist: Simon Johnson: Why Are the Big Banks Suddenly Afraid? 2012-08-30T09:00:25Z But the rest of the video is basically one long non sequitur. Koch versus Obama 2012-05-10T10:00:00Z Of course it is sufficient only to reflect non sequitur; for it is precisely the difference between the man and the apple, that, whereas every apple must rot after ripeness, no man is bound to. The English Novel And the Principle of its Development 2012-03-21T02:00:37.123Z If you think that's a non sequitur, consider what the polls did Monday to the two teams. Saint Mary's turns back Gonzaga in overtime, 78-74 2012-03-06T04:50:04Z But this is a non sequitur, since the modifications may reappear merely because they are re-impressed directly on each successive generation. Herbert Spencer 2012-02-29T03:00:20.773Z This would be a non sequitur, even if the premises were true. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:04:02.353Z Without the fall, the atonement is a non sequitur. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:52.627Z This seems to us quite a non sequitur. Gleanings by the Way 2012-01-24T03:00:27.717Z But as far as I can see it is a howling non sequitur to conclude that mental data are objects of scientific knowledge. There's Something Wrong with the Philosophy of Mind 2011-12-31T19:37:27Z “The question is kind of a non sequitur, if you will, and what I mean by that — or a null set,” he said. For Romney, Lesson of 2008 Is Fewer Lessons 2011-10-25T01:04:10Z As to my mouth being stopped with the froth of the title, that is, as the learned Partridge says, a non sequitur. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 6 2011-10-07T02:00:22.270Z This argument practically defines the term non sequitur. Economic View: Obama?s Jobs Plan Deserves a Hearing 2011-09-24T22:14:20Z To me, it is a mere non sequitur. The Revision Revised 2011-07-15T02:00:18.897Z —This is a glaring non sequitur and fallacy. A Bayard From Bengal Being some account of the Magnificent and Spanking Career of Chunder Bindabun Bhosh,... 2011-07-13T02:00:17.950Z This feels a bit like a non sequitur, but at least Romney is back on message. What You Missed While Not Watching the New Hampshire GOP Debate 2011-06-14T09:30:00Z On logic, Mr. Geithner’s thinking includes a major non sequitur, as he continues to deny that the size of our largest banks poses a problem. Economix: The Banking Emperor Has No Clothes 2011-06-09T09:00:58Z To Fisher's logical mind the proposal that he should apologise was a non sequitur. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105, August 12th 1893 2011-05-21T02:00:09.207Z You are quite right, there was a clear non sequitur in the new series O'D., and I have corrected it, I hope, satisfactorily. Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II 2011-04-15T02:00:16.987Z "I was only three weeks in Sweden, and therefore I wrote about it," seems to me as ugly a non sequitur as need be. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. II 2011-03-03T03:00:54.950Z This is a non sequitur, and a weak fallacy and gross delusion. Presidential Candidates: containing Sketches, Biographical, Personal and Political, of Prominent Candidates for the Presidency in 1860 2011-02-27T03:00:34.390Z The Super Bowl of socialism The Super Bowl has become a true televisual non sequitur -- a bizarre "Rocky"-style montage mashing together as many divergent strands of American culture as possible. The Super Bowl of socialism 2011-02-11T12:01:00Z Basketball is silly and frivolous and deserves to be poked fun at, but “Slim Chin” is at best a non sequitur that completely derails Adidas’s campaign. Off the Dribble: Take it From Jordan: Quick Works in Ads Too 2010-12-22T20:28:11Z It may be reading a special significance into a non sequitur, but I was struck by a speech Mr. Obama made last month in Kokomo, Indiana, to auto workers about their reviving industry. Politicus: In Cables, a More Savvy Washington 2010-12-13T14:20:00Z Foxman called Beck, in a complete non sequitur, "a strong supporter of Israel." Anti-Defamation League Should Withdraw Award It Gave Rupert Murdoch 2010-11-18T21:00:00Z Toys trigger what the movie's director, Lee Unkrich, calls a child's "crazy, non sequitur imagination." TIME's Review of Toy Story 3: 'An Instant Classic' 2010-06-17T22:05:00Z Then he delivered this equally oddball non sequitur: “By the way, Tiger Woods is a really good man.” Inside The Rings: The Winter Games With the Summery Smile 2010-02-27T18:27:00Z Neither Presidents nor lawmakers want to be branded unpatriotic by trying to cut defense spending, a non sequitur if there ever was one. Military Spending: Why the Defense Budget Should Be Cut 2010-02-24T09:30:00Z “Am I still going to get a present?” the girl answered in a kind of non sequitur. 2010-02-06T23:37:00Z It should now be easy to see that the argument involves a complete non sequitur. Kant's Theory of Knowledge You'll pardon my answer, of course, I was merely trying to top your own non sequitur. You Don't Make Wine Like the Greeks Did But as this music never has been, our English terms like “primitive,” “original,” etc., would involve a non sequitur which is avoided, at least, by “infinite.” Sketch of a New Esthetic of Music This leaving-out of the pith of the matter, and the bringing into juxtaposition of two sets of unrelated semi-rhetorical remarks, gives to the quotation a forced and rather non sequitur air. Are we Ruined by the Germans? To say that it comes because of a tariff, is a complete non sequitur. Principles Of Political Economy Abridged with Critical, Bibliographical, and Explanatory Notes, and a Sketch of the History of Political Economy In the very outset, the assumed parallel between Japan's rise as a military power and her predicted rise as an industrial power should be branded as the groundless non sequitur that it is. Where Half The World Is Waking Up The Old and the New in Japan, China, the Philippines, and India, Reported With Especial Reference to American Conditions To the writer it seems a non sequitur. The Goat-gland Transplantation As Originated and Successfully Performed by J. R. Brinkley, M. D., of Milford, Kansas, U. S. A., in Over 600 Operations Upon Men and Women Surely, the inference that Batty was not a real personage in some distant age—that he was a mere myth—must be a non sequitur from the premises before us. Notes and Queries, Number 33, June 15, 1850 A delicious non sequitur, sheer nonsense, and yet with an air of conviction that is irresistable. Bardell v. Pickwick Probably this conviction was a non sequitur, but argument cannot overcome it, and it will control action with all the financial and other consequences which must ensue. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals As the latter information was very satisfactory evidence as to the skill and honesty of the tradesman, I could not be guilty of such a non sequitur as not to promise to employ him. Rattlin the Reefer “So I thought,” replied the lady, to this polite non sequitur of the gentleman. Newton Forster The Merchant Service When Professor Haeckel urges that "the various functions of the soul are bound up with certain special parts of the brain," and cease when the latter are destroyed, the reply is quite simple: non sequitur. Problems of Immanence: studies critical and constructive This was followed by a declaration which might well be viewed as a non sequitur. Twenty Years of Congress, Volume 2 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 By a series of non sequitur arguments the average disputant succeeds admirably in proving what is foreign to the subject. The Arena Volume 4, No. 20, July, 1891 Ergo, Q. S., which means good sequitur; it can hardly be a non sequitur, if nothing follows. Autobiography and Letters of Orville Dewey, D.D. Edited by his Daughter If Carlyle's French Revolution be trusted as real history, it lands us in as futile a non sequitur as ever historian committed. Studies in Early Victorian Literature He had forgiven himself the incident of yesterday, but no proof of a non sequitur could make him relinquish his dismal verdict. The Half-Hearted The concluding sentence contains what Partridge 256 would call a non sequitur, for the finest musical sensibility may coexist with the most commonplace qualities. Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale) (2nd ed.) (2 vols.) Edited with notes and Introductory Account of her life and writings There was never a more glaring non sequitur, and yet it is the very cornerstone upon which rests the whole structure of the new philosophy. Elements of Debating Surely the "because" &c. is a non sequitur! Notes and Queries, Number 27, May 4, 1850 I heartily agree with the non sequitur statement that "if you think right you will act right." Socialism and American ideals There's no non sequitur, I think, in that, And this is logic plain as a, b, c. Black Beetles in Amber "So I thought," replied the lady, to this polite non sequitur of the gentleman. Newton Forster “That is a non sequitur,” said Mr Cranium. Headlong Hall They say, supposing there was a conspiracy, non sequitur that the prisoner is guilty as principal. The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster With an Essay on Daniel Webster as a Master of English Style It is scarcely possible that Douglas convinced himself by such a glaring non sequitur; but he had no other alternative. Abraham Lincoln, a History — Volume 02 That had been to her, a complete non sequitur, an enigma. Mary Wollaston To this, though a non sequitur, every one will cry Amen! Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 1 To the other House allusion is non sequitur—but I wish to plead for this part, because the thing really is not to be passed over. The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 2 Why, you may be told by forty conventions in Massachusetts, in Ohio, in New York, or elsewhere, that, if a colored man comes here, he comes as a freeman; that is a non sequitur. The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster With an Essay on Daniel Webster as a Master of English Style This is what the logicians would call a non sequitur, which means a conclusion which does not follow from the premises stated. The Woman's Bible I said our own life was so directly reasoned from its economic premises that they could hardly believe the plutocratic life was often an absolute non sequitur of the plutocratic premises. Through the Eye of the Needle A Romance "Your last is a non sequitur, my dear sir," said I, laughing. Tom Cringle's Log ‘Mr. Landseer knows too well by this time that that is a non sequitur.’ Prose Idylls, New and Old It is all a non sequitur, and still we ask the reason and the meaning of it all. Towards the Great Peace I am absolutely remorseless in tracking down a non sequitur, pitiless in forcing data to yield up their implicit conclusions. Without Prejudice By thus removing Premise B, Premise A becomes a non sequitur. The Forerunner, Volume 1 (1909-1910) The master understood the characteristic non sequitur as an allusion to his want of gallantry on the previous day, but took no notice of it. Trent's Trust, and Other Stories
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