Sentence examples for insubstantial like from inspiring English sources

The movie is alluringly insubstantial, like the light and air of the Luberon.

The whole thing feels strangely insubstantial — like sitting in front of a never-ending edition of QI".

"The Lady With All the Answers" is sweet, frothy and insubstantial, like the Fresca that is Eppie's beverage of choice.

And against the cliffs, rocks and hills, the buildings looked so insubstantial – like a slight shift in the earth's crust and the forest would re-engulf the high-rises and shantytowns, and reclaim the land.

There are whispers that Spielberg – who holds the reins as jury president – may well plump for something sweeter and slighter, such as Hirokazu Kore-eda's pleasant yet insubstantial Like Father, Like Son.

In this, Milton builds on a philosophy called Vitalism, which holds that all animate things — including plants and insubstantial beings, like angels — are made from "thinking matter".

Credit cards have long been marketed with insubstantial distinctions, like the rise a few years ago in "platinum" cards that differed from gold cards in little more than color.

Early warning: How Calvin saw trouble ahead A febrile, politically driven culture produces insubstantial courtiers like the technical director, Michael Emenalo, whose disastrously distant  interview on Mourinho's exit, which seemingly sought to scapegoat a coach he did not condescend to name, is understood to have alarmed club officials.

When it comes to assessing the media, it's hard to get riled about press-generated hysteria over insubstantial matters like Justin Bieber's legal troubles or Mayor de Blasio's car running stop signs (unless, perhaps, you're directly on the receiving end of it).

But in the Slaughter-House Cases (1873), the Supreme Court held that the Privileges or Immunities Clause protected only a handful of insubstantial guarantees, like access to navigable waters.

The edibility of the mushroom is unknown, but like many small Mycenas, they are insubstantial and not likely to be considered for the table.