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1 "I'm a free-lance here," he explained somewhat superfluously to the others, as Tom applied himself to the lock in one mahogany door.

2 Evans would have drawn an assist had Kailer Yamamoto not superfluously tapped the puck over the line when it was already headed into the net.

3 In the end, though, anything more productive would have been superfluous for the Dodgers, who hold the third-best record in the majors and, at 33-17, have tied for the eighth-most wins through the 50-game mark of a season in the franchise’s Los Angeles history.

4 The two companies in blue, marched down that morning superfluously to picket a region where was no danger, received that blast and had their moment of stupour.

5 Oddly, despite the preponderance of superfluous words, the book has no glossary, which is a must for an introductory audience.

6 "We like a good cigar as well as anybody," he shouted, adding somewhat superfluously, "Who has a better right to a good dinner?"

7 It turns out customers aren’t interested in signing up for Google’s superfluously fast Internet service unless it comes with a standard TV bundle, which Google is finding prohibitively expensive to provide.

8 He adds, a little superfluously: “I never matured into the age when you’re able to hide your adulatory feelings as a fan.”

9 Of course there were days when neither of these methods succeeded, when the meal hour had to be postponed, while I whetted my appetite, rather superfluously, with more miles of tramping.

10 With the all-access passport granted by historical fiction, she even alights daringly, if perhaps a little superfluously, in the circle of Jackson Pollock, right before the artist died while driving drunk with his mistress.

11 Perhaps he was superfluously careful, for he saw a smile creep into Ida’s eyes.

12 If it was not an indiscretion, he should like to partake, he said, in the wit that was flowing round him; adding, perhaps superfluously, that he did not understand English.

13 Indeed, they add, rather superfluously, that the demand is somewhat remarkable, considering the nature of the work.”

14 It’s in a class of its own, superfluously evil, arguably the worst thing that someone can possibly do.

15 It it easy for us, looking back—superfluously easy—to see the fundamental mistake in Knox's legislation.

16 Clotilda's silence, however, was precisely an assent to his coming; still he superfluously announced to her by a second letter the day of the same.

17 "Come in," she said hospitably, as she opened a gate set superfluously into the low boxwood hedge.

18 Beatrice was like most indulged and superfluously rich women, both unreasonable and foolishly lenient in her demands.

19 Rio also confirmed, almost superfluously, the greatness of Usain Bolt, giving him a trio of gold medals to match his triples in Beijing and London.

20 He has offered me a place on his staff and, somewhat superfluously, the use of his antidote.

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