Sentence examples for a perfunctory from inspiring English sources

A perfunctory greeting.

Mr. Kramer gave it a perfunctory glance.

Ouellet wrote a perfunctory letter.

Giuliani made not even a perfunctory show of sympathy.

George Bush has pledged support, but in a perfunctory way.

The office did not conduct more than a perfunctory inquiry.

Emer gave her mother a perfunctory kiss and followed them.

Andrew has passed 14 years in a perfunctory, taciturn marriage.

He received a perfunctory response from an Air Force aide.

The plot is a perfunctory scramble of family-film conventions.

THE diagnosis came with a perfunctory phone call.