Examples of 'were arbitrary' in a sentence

Meaning of "were arbitrary"

were arbitrary: This phrase implies that something was based on random choice or personal whim, rather than reason or system

How to use "were arbitrary" in a sentence

Basic
Advanced
were arbitrary
He explained that they were arbitrary and sterile.
The author considers that his arrest and detention were arbitrary.
These units were arbitrary but each region always corresponded to the dimensions.
In that regard the restrictions were arbitrary or unfair.
They were arbitrary.
He claimed that his arrest and detention were arbitrary.
The actions of the police were arbitrary and without legal basis.
The authors consider that their arrest and detention were arbitrary.
Often there were arbitrary tests to judge the worthiness of their tax payments.
The targets that were set were arbitrary.
Evidently, arrests were arbitrary and in part based on denunciations.
Placement and punishment were arbitrary.
Arrests and detention were arbitrary and unlawful, and police officers beat detainees.
Almost as if the punishment were arbitrary.
There were arbitrary arrests and detentions.”.

See also

Nor has it established his conclusions were arbitrary or insufficiently precise.
The Working Group decided that his arrest and continued detention upon conviction were arbitrary.
Here 's the problem, the distinctions were arbitrary and they only existed in our imaginations.
The criteria for the selection to the penal division were arbitrary.
ICA claimed that Verisign 's price hikes were arbitrary and not done out of economic necessity.
In a number of cases, it indicates that the arrests were arbitrary.
PRESIDENT BUSH, The targets themselves were arbitrary and not based upon science.
It feels like everywhere they move to, none of those moves were arbitrary.
Several protesters, including lawyers, were arbitrary arrested and assaulted.
Moreover, there is no evidence to suggest that these deprivations of liberty were arbitrary.
Their subsequent arrests, based on those statements, were arbitrary and illegal, the first review found.
What 's more, according to the relativist view, color categories were arbitrary.
Often the choices were arbitrary.
In both cases, which involved 10 individuals, the Working Group determined that the detentions were arbitrary.
The subsequent arrests, based only on those statements, were arbitrary and illegal, the review said.
The Advisory Committee 's recommendations were unsubstantiated and the cuts it proposed were arbitrary and simplistic.
Residents complained the higher rates were arbitrary and unfair.
What if we discovered that the fundamentals of mathematics were arbitrary and inconsistent?
The CHMP 's conclusions were arbitrary.

You'll also be interested in:

Examples of using Arbitrary
Cases of arbitrary detention and their causes
The implementation of the law is very arbitrary
The imposition of arbitrary taxes is reportedly commonplace
Show more

Search by letter in the English dictionary