Sentence examples for perfunctory manner from inspiring English sources

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He did, albeit in rather perfunctory manner.

Many false confessors have been routinely Mirandized in this perfunctory manner.

It seemed unfair that the world No1 should leave the fray in such a perfunctory manner.

They shared a stiff, half-hug on stage, patting each other on the back in a perfunctory manner.

Some, especially those involving Choleng and Aling, are handled in a fairly perfunctory manner, yielding little emotional payoff.

The front dining room hummed with activity, but our waiter's perfunctory manner carried with it more than a hint of boredom.

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George Bush has pledged support, but in a perfunctory way.

Should he have mumbled in perfunctory fashion?

The report found, among other things, that the agencies handled disputes in a "perfunctory" or "formalistic" manner.

The concert scenes are perfunctory, shot in the usual manner with the 3-D cameras gliding back and forth at knee level.

Asking them to turn to the chapter on baptism, he read out the text and explained, in a manner that seemed to me perfunctory, the scriptural basis for baptism.

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