Sentence examples for perfunctory statement from inspiring English sources
"perfunctory statement" is a correct term and can be used in written English
It is used to describe a statement that is made quickly or carelessly, often without much thought. For example, "After being asked a question about a new policy, the president simply made a perfunctory statement about its potential success."
"Andrew used to be training at the Academia Sánchez-Casal," said the academy's Xavi Font in a perfunctory statement.
After the meeting, Trump and Ryan issued a perfunctory statement declaring it "a very positive step toward unification," but Ryan declined to issue a formal endorsement.
Every two years, the United Nations adopts a resolution called the Olympic Truce, a perfunctory statement that invokes the ancient Greeks and celebrates friendly competition and "the cause of peace".
State Senator Joseph M. Kyrillos Jr., the Republican state chairman, issued a perfunctory statement welcoming her back, as did Senator John O. Bennett, co-president of the State Senate.
But tonight, the Republican leader, Senator Trent Lott of Mississippi, made a perfunctory statement, saying only that the bill was a "very significant tax relief act for working Americans".
The prime minister's office published a perfunctory statement about the court's "extremely pessimistic hypothesis", but immediately issued an outline of what the 2014 budget would be: €14bn is to be saved.
In a statement, the Crown Prosecution Service said that the police had investigated the allegations of Sean Hoare, one of the journalists who figured prominently in the magazine story, interviewing him and others, but that they had either refused to cooperate or gave perfunctory statements.
Tehran, for its own part, has done little to assuage Yemeni -- and, for that matter, Saudi -- concerns of an Iranian hand in the conflict beyond rote denial and perfunctory statements.
Mr. Corzine, who said he has believed for most of his adult life that capital punishment is wrong, seemed to be making more than just a perfunctory political statement at a bill-signing ceremony.
And even Republicans on Thursday could only offer up the most perfunctory of supportive statements for the blueprint the president has outlined.
TBS announced the decision Wednesday in what seemed an unusually perfunctory way, issuing a statement attributed not even to a specific executive but only to a "network spokesperson".
