Dragging threads off-topic by gratuitous references to Israel is far too common on Cif, and the moderators could certainly do a better job on that.

Infatuated with the promise of scientific research in education, the drafters went further, sprinkling the bill with scores of other gratuitous references to science.

Your only description of the event is a gratuitous reference to one participant's appreciation of his leisure time.

It is full of salty sexual dialogue but has very few obscenities or gratuitous references, and no nudity or violence.

The heartiest laughs are otherwise elicited by unprintable, gratuitous references, to bodily functions and such.

I also object to the gratuitous and unnecessary references to the Treaty of Lisbon, which Conservatives and many others have consistently opposed.

Grody Flush: a gratuitous reference to vomiting.

They decided to give the patriotic drum a good thump by adding gratuitous references to British valour, justice and power.

I am writing to take exception to the gratuitous (and grossly inaccurate) references to hockey by Robert Lipsyte.