1 The process was needlessly slow.

2 Thousands of children in the world today suffer needlessly.

3 She'd worried quite needlessly about whether there would be enough food.

4 Half a million women die needlessly each year during childbirth.

5 Many soldiers died needlessly.

6 Over 2,600 Australians are dying needlessly every year of heart attacks.

7 It seems needlessly ritualistic to me.

8 The actors performances were needlessly rushed.

9 You are fretting yourself needlessly.

10 To do otherwise would be needlessly cruel.

11 A Ferguson penalty after Canning had fouled Ferris needlessly in the corner of the box made it two.

12 Docking manoeuvres were thought to be needlessly risky as they required delicately flying two spacecraft in close proximity.

13 She eats another nut, and needlessly, absently, combs her hair.

14 Only by acquiring knowledge in this needlessly arcane system could one gain admittance to the society of adepts.

15 Operators received lethal doses of radiation while needlessly reconnecting the water supply to the devastated reactor.

16 Carroll said the military is needlessly wasting money on new weapons and too many overseas commitments,(www.Sentencedict.com) such as peacekeeping in Bosnia.

17 Not only did he needlessly place himself in danger, but no charges were brought against his prisoners.

18 Schiavo certainly deserves no credit for scaring people needlessly just to settle a score.

19 At best a needlessly expensive chemical is used where a cheaper, equally effective detergent, would suffice.

20 Needlessly to hamper working animals bespeaks more eloquently of bad husbandry.

21 It would needlessly bring badness into the world.

22 Even these remaining rights are often needlessly violated.

23 First, we have an aversion needlessly expending energy.

24 In this current cold spell, many old people are dying needlessly of hypothermia.

25 He gets visibly upset when talking about the transplants, saying they needlessly subject children to harrowing side effects.

26 This process should lessen the chances of pricing too low or of needlessly giving away other concessions like favourable payment terms.

27 Almost every high street in Britain has some glimmer of character which can be brought out sensitively rather than needlessly brutalized.

28 Gillian Stacey, organiser of the campaign, claimed that the Faroese needlessly slaughtered 1,500 pilot whales every year.

29 The Celtics let this one slip away slowly, painfully and needlessly.

30 What right had I to tarnish the reputation of an acknowledged war hero and needlessly distress his family?