Sentence examples for perfunctory exchange from inspiring English sources

We expected a five-minute perfunctory exchange; Shahzad would probably enter the typical not guilty plea.

The perfunctory exchange has not dampened Seoul's hopes that the reinstatement of the hotline – which had been dormant since February 2016 – will soon result in a face-to-face meeting.

The Giants' captains will walk to the center of the field for the coin toss and to shake hands with the 49ers, rarely more than a perfunctory exchange, then run off the field.

The inquiry is critical of what it describes as a perfunctory exchange of letters between the attorney general's office and No 10 on 14 and 15 March in which Blair, at the request of the attorney general, gave his view that Saddam was not in compliance with UN.

The entire convoy was captured, with the lone ship of the line, the Guipuzcoana, striking her colours after a perfunctory exchange of fire.

I remember every stare and whisper during a time when I really could have used a friendly smile or perfunctory exchange of pleasantries.

But there was no chance to challenge him as to why they had failed, because after a couple of perfunctory exchanges with the moderator, he was out the door.

Not only did we not see any interaction between the Han and Uighur people beyond the perfunctory exchanges in stores and restaurants, we witnessed downright hostility.

We might have no common language, but we exchange perfunctory nods of mutual recognition as we descend en masse on the Gaolingong mountains.

A few minutes later, he sat down to dinner and exchanged perfunctory greetings with LL Cool J, who was seated to his left.

Mr. Valenti, who has been a prominent lobbyist for more than 30 years and who was a special assistant to President Lyndon B. Johnson earlier, is so comfortable at the witness table and so familiar to the senators on the panel that their exchanges seemed perfunctory, as if each side was making moves in a board game.