Suspect all extraneous and groundless civilities.

It was not for me to bandy civilities with my Sovereign

There are always extraneous things that come up every year, off-the-court things, on-the-court things, ... Those type things are more excuses than distractions.

The rumors that Mexico's rating is going to be raised imminently are groundless.

If we're going to vote on extraneous amendments that our Democrat colleagues want to vote on, then I want to vote on amendments that I think will benefit the country,

We've tried to keep the bill free of extraneous spending.