Sentence examples for insubstantial man from inspiring English sources

Not an insubstantial man, Mr. Alonso almost fills the small space behind the bar.

But coming on the heels of last year's insubstantial "Irrational Man" and the most unmagical "Magic in the Moonlight," "Café Society" is instead a happy reminder that even a cupboard as over-raided as Allen's can sometimes yield lovely, melancholy surprises.

It's a showy but insubstantial piece.

They played up to the insubstantial straw-man accusations promulgated by the U.S. and its partners, making them seem weightier than they were in reality.

A boat is a bridge between man and nature, however insubstantial.

But my world is insubstantial.

And my father was the insubstantial presence he wished to be, merely a man who lived in the house.

Now seemingly solid, and yet somehow insubstantial, but having the general lineaments of a man, it stood suddenly with a convulsion of its spine, and flung its arms into the air, and waved them wildly, and then collapsed like an empty garment, and lay upon an engine similar to a bellows at its feet.

Yet if the men were defeated they were not entirely insubstantial.

These advertising men and women work hard to make insubstantial perceptions harden into realities that everyone takes for granted; their jobs revolve around turning malleable opinions into perceived facts.

But the man behind the bluster remains a little blurry and insubstantial, despite Mr. Parke's bright charisma.