Sentence examples for once superficial from inspiring English sources

It's become a wearying, ugly observation, a media truism at once superficial and deep: if "The Apprentice" didn't get Trump elected, it is surely what made him electable.

A source close to negotiations, however, echoed the majority leader's sentiment, saying that there were two senators who opposed Manchin-Toomey who would flip once minor, superficial changes were made to the bill.

But two of the sessions I attended – on approaches to reconciliation and reparation, and "the unbearable whiteness of being" – were the most challenging and perspective-broadening discussions I have ever been part of, and dug into the issues far beyond the once-over, superficial discussion I've learned to expect of conferences.

Differences of taste or of opinion, once dismissed as superficial, aggravate moral and political rifts.

Maybe that the wounds inflicted by "slut" – and the culture that encourages people to define women that way – that we once hoped were superficial are just too raw and too deep.

If you spend a lifetime receiving validation on the superficial, once gravity kicks in and your looks fade, you will need to find a more sustainable way of feeling empowered.

We have become a nation of saucy superlatives, the superficial once-over, the readily bruised sense of self and the pop psychology quick fix.

"Glamour was once regarded as a superficial aesthetic, but now it's a powerful aesthetic.

She played the character with a cultivated reserve that was at once credible and completely superficial, recalling the contradictions in the lives of a generation raised to believe personal dignity was among the most potent weapons against segregation.

One woman was in serious condition with a broken leg, 13 others were treated at a nearby hospital, and the rest got treatment for superficial injuries once the boat docked.

How deeply superficial, as Andy Warhol once said about himself.