Sentence examples for from the perfunctory from inspiring English sources

From the perfunctory to the expendable, or more precisely to The Expendables 2 (2012, LionsGate, 15).

But apart from the perfunctory pinot grigio at many a small-circle gallery opening, the integration of cocktails and chiaroscuro isn't nearly as routine.

He spoke last night of "the sacred ties that make us one," and this was the closest he came to religious language, apart from the perfunctory "God bless" toward the end.

Who still gets a jolt from the perfunctory double cross, in which the bag with the jeweled scepter turns out to contain a lead pipe ("The Score") or the gold ingots turn out to be worthless washers ("Heist")?

At the ceremony, Kissinger later recalled, Nixon's remarks "ranged from the perfunctory to the bizarre," focusing on the fact that he was "the first secretary of state since World War II who did not part his hair".

Hidden down an isolated lane one street over from the perfunctory clamour of the city, the building itself looks more like a community hall from the outside than a location of mystic wonder, with its rusted caged windows, weathered tar roof and obligatory metal ashtray tacked to the ground outside.

Apart from the most perfunctory of gestures in the general direction of pear, it doesn't taste or smell of much at all.

My starter of fantastically fresh, honey-soused sardines with ricotta, crayfish and sweet peppers, from the slightly perfunctory £35 set lunch menu, zinged with sharp, clear flavours, but there was an irksome parsimony about the portion.

Despite the knee-jerk apologies from the offending staffers and the perfunctory "resignation" of Debbie Wasserman Schultz, it appears that the DNC has strayed far from the ideals of bipartisan civility or the stirring words of Booker.

To say there is no place on Long Island to put 400,000 or more evacuating people is an understatement and so despite the perfunctory warnings from officialdom, most folks "sheltered in place" as the talking heads are prone to say.

Every person you've done business with gets the perfunctory bi-monthly email from you.