Sentence examples for It would be facile from inspiring English sources

It would be facile to restrict myself to 20l, I decide.

It would be facile to claim that all aspects of foreign policy are ethically straightforward.

It would be facile to say that this is the territory of Kafka because this is not fiction.

It would be facile to say that the Administration had simply written off the Times — Rove's level of passion demonstrates that.

It would be facile to link the emergence of Donald Trump's know-nothing, racist rhetoric to a mere demographic tipping point.

It would be facile to say that sex appeal alone landed Fortier an exclusive interview with Robin Cook a few weeks ago.

But to dismiss targetneutral as a PR stunt because of BP's shortcomings elsewhere would be facile.

It would be a facile conflation to suggest that his murderousness was derived from his loneliness, any more than to say that his case proves the inefficacy of community gardening as a salve for friendlessness.

It would be too facile to say that everything Austin did in later life was aimed at impressing his mother; yet she was his constant childhood companion (the father having been relegated to solitary medical study), and she certainly encouraged all his early attempts at showmanship.

It would be far too facile to blame the failure of the Copenhagen talks or American carbon-capping legislation on these revelations, given how the unraveling of the economy and other issues were dominating debate over climate.

Although she was heading to Flushing for a Shanghai-style feast with family members and friends on this summer afternoon — a trip that would, ultimately, shed light on the genesis of Annisa's famous high-end hot pocket —  she said it would be not only facile but flat wrong to presume that her culinary roots are Chinese.