Sample sentences for NON SEQUITUR

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Definition

something said that does not logically follow from what preceded it

The story may sound like a non sequitur, but bear with me and you'll see how it shines light on the issue.

"Uncle Jack, I think you've made a non sequitur but I'm not at all positive."
Harper Lee -- Go Set a Watchman
"—"Excuse me there, Mr Serjeant," quoth Partridge, "that's a non sequitur.
Henry Fielding -- Tom Jones
Everyone in the Glass family—Zooey certainly not least—was familiar with this sort of non-sequitur from Mrs. Glass.
J.D. Salinger -- Franny and Zooey
You keep talking in non sequiturs.
Robert Ludlum -- The Bourne Identity
Non sequiturs often catch the unwary off guard.
J.D. Robb -- Immortal in Death
Molly has gotten used to this kind of non sequitur.
Christina Baker Kline -- Orphan Train
No non sequiturs, three-two, one game all.
Tom Stoppard -- Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
LuLing often issued what they considered non sequiturs, as free-floating as dust motes.
Amy Tan -- The Bonesetter's Daughter
No stream of non sequiturs and jangled prose.
Steve Lopez -- The Soloist
He saw too much," I say, still thinking about the impasse, but DeWeese looks puzzled and John doesn't register at all, and I realize the non sequitur too late.
Robert M. Pirsig -- Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
The person questioned smiles beatifically and responds in some non sequitur that would make the babble of the Web's worst village idiot seem like sage aphorisms in comparison.
Dan Simmons -- Hyperion
Alfred scolds me, every time we meet; and he has the better of me, I grant,—for he really does something; his life is a logical result of his opinions and mine is a contemptible non sequitur.
Harriet Beecher Stowe -- Uncle Tom's Cabin
This is a non sequitur that has been nibbling on the edges of Hiro's mind for the last ten minutes: Laser light has a particular kind of gritty intensity, a molecular purity reflecting its origins.
Neal Stephenson -- Snow Crash
After saying this I simply cannot tell whether her words make up a non sequitur or not, when she replies in the most desolate voice I've ever heard, "But oh, Stingo, you can't imagine what it's like to grow up in a Jewish family."
William Styron -- Sophie's Choice
I did not mean to abuse the cloth; I only said your conclusion was a non sequitur.
Henry Fielding -- Tom Jones
"Indispensable" as strictly applied to captive human beings at Auschwitz would be a non sequitur.
William Styron -- Sophie's Choice
This non sequitur disoriented Wang.
Cixin Liu -- The Three-Body Problem

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