Sentence examples for perfunctory use of from inspiring English sources

The idea was to "draw attention to the crude, tasteless, often perfunctory use of redundant passages of sexual description in the modern novel, and to discourage it".

The bad sex prize was established "to draw attention to the crude and often perfunctory use of redundant passages of sexual description in the modern novel – and to discourage it".

The prize was launched in 1993 by the late editor of the Literary Review, Auberon Waugh, in an attempt to "draw attention to the crude, tasteless, often perfunctory use of redundant passages of sexual description in the modern novel".

Established by the literary critics Rhoda Koenig and the late Auberon Waugh, the prize aims to "draw attention to the crude, tasteless, often perfunctory use of redundant passages of sexual description in the modern novel, and to discourage it".

The bad sex in fiction prize was set up by Auberon Waugh in 1993 to highlight – and hopefully discourage – the "crude, tasteless, and often perfunctory use of redundant passages of sexual description in contemporary novels".

Now in its 15th year, the prize, which only targets literary fiction, aims "to draw attention to the crude, tasteless, often perfunctory use of redundant passages of sexual description in the modern novel, and to discourage it".

Sentences like that have been drained of meaning by too much perfunctory use, which is exactly why Schumer's comedy — as an alternative way of making the same point — stands out.

Seeing the bustling communities in spaces I have taken for barren leads me to reconsider my own perfunctory, even lazy use of Facebook.

The play is nobbled by a basic lack of craft, a troubled relationship with the fourth wall that requires urgent therapeutic help, perfunctory staging and performances, and a selective use of evidence.

He cited four factors — ground troops and significant non-air forces have not been involved, the lack of American casualties or a significant threat of them, a limited risk of escalation, and the limited use of military means — as the central points of logic in the administration's decision to essentially ignore Congress beyond providing largely perfunctory information.

In practice, biologists' efforts to explore sample relationships in genomic studies are an integral component of data pre-processing, yet they are often performed in a perfunctory fashion using platform-specific and qualitative criteria.