English example sentences with "incidental"

His criticism only referred to incidental matters.

My activities on the Web are mainly for self-promotion. It's not really a public service, as the audience is merely incidental and I might be solipsistic. It's a window for vanity with the aim of promoting my own hobbies. If there's an audience, then fine, but if none, then fine, too. If you think that the information is helpful or entertaining, then "it's good for you."

It is of the highest importance in the art of detection to be able to recognize, out of a number of facts, which are incidental and which vital.

Having gathered these facts, Watson, I smoked several pipes over them, trying to separate those which were crucial from others which were merely incidental.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York is showing an exhibition of African American art from the same period. Studio Museum Director Lowery Sims, who was at the Met for 30 years before coming to the Studio, says the two exhibitions are co-incidental, but understandable.