31. There's no particular reason for the shooting, but such senselessness sets the mood for the next six hours. 32. The brutality and senselessness of Strohmeyer's crime defies easy description _ as did his performance during the sentencing hearing. 33. The savagery and senselessness of the attacks, on three nights over the past three weeks, would sicken people anywhere. 34. Both Lensky and Onegin are reluctant to go ahead with the duel, reflecting on the senselessness of their sudden enmity. 35. When the utter senselessness of the crime hits Logan, he vows to apprehend the killers and bring them to justice. 36. In Israel, a debate has been raging about what many have termed the senselessness of the chronic fighting in southern Lebanon. 37. "The NTSB report confirms the senselessness of this tragedy, that it was entirely preventable, " she said. 38. But the senselessness of this act of violence makes it even more painful and all the more difficult to accept and comprehend. 39. Motivated by the senselessness and his Roman Catholic faith, he resolved to ensure that such children at least had a dignified burial. 40. We can only excuse the previous lapse in vigilance as a consequence of pain-numbing senselessness on the relevant authorities'part.