Sentence examples for devoid of serious from inspiring English sources

Milosevic was smart, tricky, and evasive; we thought he was playing games--verbal jousting devoid of serious content.

In this age of reflexive partisanship, we often see, but usually skip, simplistic red-meat rants devoid of serious argument or candid engagement with the "other side".

"Papillons" is froth devoid of serious interest; "Stabat Mater" is the most sheerly inept work by Mr. Martins I have ever seen, particularly in its ill fit to the music.

While free word-cloud software easily turns speeches into arresting visuals highlighting prominent words.The bad news is that the more data and quick-and-dirty tools are available, the more pundits will be tempted to "prove" something with a lazy count, devoid of serious argument.

In conclusion, we believe that the surgical treatment, and in particular the percutaneous suture, represents the gold standard for the treatment of acute ruptures of the Achilles tendon as it is minimally aggressive, respectful to the biology of the tendon cicatrization and devoid of serious complications.

Critics are right when they point to how Cosby's diatribes are often devoid of serious discussions of structural inequality.

"Over the last few days, your approach has been devoid of any serious solution to the crisis.

And there is a gratuitous sequence in which the performers turn into goose-stepping soldiers; devoid of both serious social commentary and satirical force, it grows increasingly unpleasant to watch.

In a letter to the Prime Minister, acting party leader Harriet Harman said Mr Cameron's reaction to the crisis had been "devoid of any serious solution", and accused him of inflaming the problem with "incendiary and divisive language".

Devoid of the serious credentials essential to his job, Secretary of Treasury Steve Mnuchin joined his ostentatious wife as poster kids for bogus government travel ―  emulated by former Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price, former Secretary of Veterans Affairs David Shulkin, and Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke.

It's widely understood that some lowbrow work, made for widest and easiest consumption, is endowed with genius, and that some highbrow work, intended for audiences of connoisseurs or academicians, is, despite its creators' serious intentions, devoid of life.