Sentence examples for at perfunctory from inspiring English sources

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.

Nicholas Carr, author of "The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains," argues in the book that because of the brain's neuroplasticity, Web surfing rewires people to be more adept at perfunctory multitasking, but diminishes the ability to sustain focus and think interpretatively.

Her 32-second statement to MPs was at best perfunctory, at worst arrogant and insulting, her critics argued.

Its narrative feels at once perfunctory, jerry-built and weirdly contrived.

Restless gestures and shifting patterns were at once perfunctory and decisive.

The Six Nations refused to answer questions at a perfunctory media conference, while Pierre Camou, president of the French Rugby Federation, implicitly blamed the referee.

Like almost everyone in Iraq, he presents himself as a victim of the regime, and his reflections about his complicity with it are at best perfunctory.

Influential restaurateur Danny Meyer's Union Square Hospitality Group will begin rolling out the new policy in late November, bringing its establishments in line with dining practices in Europe, Asia and elsewhere, where tipping is either non-existent or at most perfunctory.

The initial breakout wasn't a serious attempt it was perfunctory, at best but at least it made a statement, at least it was a beginning.

The initial breakout wasn't a serious attempt — it was perfunctory, at best — but at least it made a statement, at least it was a beginning.

I have my issues with "The Comeback"; its broader aspects grate on me, its characterizations are often perfunctory at best and stereotypical at worst, and it can be hard to take its air of self-congratulation.