Sentence examples for Perfunctory reply from inspiring English sources
Bainbridge's conceit is to carry the gossip into the next generation, with Queeney making perfunctory reply to written inquiries by Hawkins's daughter for yet another book on the Johnson circle.
And apart from a perfunctory reply that the petition had been received, the FDA has yet to respond to the document the groups submitted more than a year ago.
He received a perfunctory response from an Air Force aide.
Mr. Jobs wrote back within 30 minutes, and though the reply was perfunctory, it still made Mr. Söderlund's day — and then echoed around the world, after he forwarded the exchange to a blog devoted to Apple news.
When a taxi driver greets his invitation to dinner with a perfunctory "sure, be glad to," Elwood replies with amiable urgency, "When — when would you be glad to?" Elwood means every word he says, and he never says an unkind word.
Her response: a perfunctory "file a ticket".
Wellington hardly said anything after that, and replied with ill-concealed annoyance, as he kept a perfunctory eye on the compass but picked a cloud to steer by, using the plunging stemhead for a sight.
Yet the response was as cold as it was perfunctory.
During the primary, when a supporter, speaking of Clinton, asked "How do we beat the bitch?" McCain joined in the room's raucous laughter, then replied "That's an excellent question," before composing himself enough to offer some perfunctory words of respect for his putative presidential rival.
