Sentence examples for Perfunctory glance from inspiring English sources
Mr. Kramer gave it a perfunctory glance.
Wilpon said that "we don't want to trade on the Dodgers -- we want to fit into this community," and at perfunctory glance, the appearances supported the notion.
Next time I come across it, I'll give the "thrifty" traveler kissing a dollar bill, the "worldly" fellow leaping about with a globe, and the beaming "overpacked" traveler a perfunctory glance.
Bella, interpreting for the visitors, believed for a brief moment that she could have anything — all she needed was to want — but that blissful feeling was cut short by Miss Chu, who was walking across the lawn without casting even the most perfunctory glance at the visitors or at Bella.
After a perfunctory glance at Pedro's coffee field, I was led up to his ramshackle house, and into his cocina.
"They look black, but those feathers are really iridescent green". "Mm," I said, casting a perfunctory glance in the direction of his pointing finger.
For unfathomable psychological reasons, monetary policy is one of those subjects that absolutely intimidate most people, which is why the Fed gets away with extraordinary power grabs and long periods of poor performance with only the most cursory, perfunctory glances from Congress.
So a quick glance and a perfunctory poke with splayed fingers were my morning ritual.
But most of these glances at the wider world seem perfunctory.
(Wolcott reports personal encounters with both writers: a "cool and perfunctory handshake" in the case of Oates, a "swift pair of averted glances" in Ford's).
