Sentence examples for perfunctory agreement from inspiring English sources

He could have nodded and offered perfunctory agreement.

A1 Vice President Al Gore expressed perfunctory support for the China trade agreement, reading a statement in front of a labor group that opposes the China bill.

Vice President Al Gore voiced perfunctory support today for the China trade agreement, reading a statement in front of a labor group that opposes the China bill and is rallying in Washington against it.

The formal signing of the strategic agreement is seen as something of a perfunctory event -- it was understood that it would be finalized before a major international conference of donors to Afghanistan, which is scheduled for late May in Chicago.

WITH only perfunctory debate, the Bush administration is pressuring a divided Iraqi government to approve a security agreement that could haunt Washington's relations with Baghdad for years to come.

SERVICE Perfunctory.

There's the perfunctory.

Perfunctory ones at that.

A perfunctory greeting.

The references are perfunctory.

Perfunctory greetings at door.