BY the seemingly mindless technique of tallying footnotes in journal articles, investigators are piecing together a revealing view of scientific enterprise.

This seemingly mindless progress made Bane nervous, so he averted his gaze.

Thousands of people had taken part in seemingly mindless vandalism and theft.

But the seemingly mindless acrobatics had their purpose; a good start in boat racing often separates winners from losers.

Barefoot, and seemingly mindless of the cold, he waved his spindly arms, trying to draw Frost's attention.

Rather than playing the percentages, Campese had failed in a seemingly mindless and illogical attempt to do something creative.

Seemingly mindless of the flames and the way they scorched his hands, he was trying to pull something from the fire.

Sometimes the day's round turns to seemingly mindless violence.

Clinton's strategy of delay accounts for his seemingly mindless grasping for new privileges.

And after a long while, he allowed me to tend the Shrine with him, to see full well the extent of their silent and seemingly mindless compliance.