"If the High Council authorized gratuitous criminal acts, they should get barbecued."

An enjoyment of the gratuitous act.

'And now, with no apology for what is a gratuitous act of anthropomorphization, I want you to meet Miss Scarlett.'

The enjoyment of the gratuitous act.

Whether meant as a Gidean "gratuitous act" or a means of survival, the shooting certainly complicates our attitude toward Michel.

I would call it hospitality, but that sounds like a gratuitous act, but it was so genuine.

An entirely gratuitous act.

Clem, the most dangerous of the group, is soon overcome by the impulse to commit a gratuitous act of violence.

"The Pa'haquel are sure to see it as a gratuitous, hostile act."

Level's stories, with their gratuitous acts and mindless brutality, may be seen as precursors of "thriller" fiction and "slasher" films.