Sentence examples for as cursory from inspiring English sources

But the investigation was as cursory as it usually is.

And his efforts behind the scenes have been just as cursory.

You also characterized the F.D.A.'s 510(k) process for clearing new medical devices as "cursory".

The chapters that cover 1992 to 2000 often seem as cursory and reticent as the entries in a desk diary.

Busy sales managers tend to treat reviews as cursory, drive-by conversations that are mainly about compensation, not evaluation and development.

This year, the F.B.I. interviewed Mr. Mosed on July 8 and Mr. Taher on July 26, but their lawyers described those interviews as cursory.

In terms of results, Agnes Szavay's lopsided 6-0, 6-4 upset of the third-seeded Venus Williams was the most significant of the day, but Rezai's 7-6 (7-3), 6-2 victory over De Brito was the match that will linger in memory, as will the cursory handshake afterward, in which De Brito tapped Rezai's extended palm rather shake it.

Mr. Barber's discussions of how American foreign policy has changed since 9/11 range from the obvious to the familiar, as do his cursory discussions of the role that the animating myths of exceptionalism and New World innocence have played in the shaping of American history.

They travel in squads of 12 to 30 members, establish local governing bodies called Jan Adalats that mete out justice in the form of corporal punishment, and, as a cursory nod to their roots, teach peasants basic farming techniques such as building reservoirs and planting seeds.

Reznor is the same, as a cursory listen to the DS's Closer will reveal.

(The relationship between the central character and his unseen mother is among several that come across as noticeably cursory).