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- When spying follower accidentally touches holy man's cloak he loses his eyesight and falls down senseless. (Cf. D1053.) D1410.8
- Man senseless from grief at hearing of father's death; one doesn't feel that he cuts himself with his knife, the other presses dice so that he bleeds. F1041.21.5
- Test: making senseless remarks. King brought to say, "What is the sense in that?" H507.2
- Enigmatic statements. Apparently senseless remarks (or acts) interpreted figuratively prove wise. H580
- Senseless debate of the mutually useful. J461
- Senseless debates about usefulness. J466
- Senseless debate: which is the greater, St. John the Baptist or St. John the Evangelist? J466.2
- Senseless judicial decisions. M1
- The extraordinary names. A place where animals and things are designated by senseless names. (Cf. Z32.2.1.) X1506