Sentence examples for superficial failings from inspiring English sources

Instead, they thought that these superficial failings said something worrying about his underlying seriousness and suitability for the premiership.

If the vice president himself is faulted by his own partisans, it's usually only for superficial failings -- mainly his grating personality makeovers.

Driving vehicles is a clunky menace that never gets better and it regularly slows down when the action gets too intense, but the overwhelmingly solid, well-designed play mechanics do a lot to compensate for its many superficial failings.

The justice select committee called for some charges to be rescinded as it dismissed "superficial" government excuses for failing to provide evidence to justify successive steep rises.

Judith A. Jacobs, the Democratic presiding officer of the Legislature, accused Mr. Parola of conducting a superficial review and of failing to take into account the fact that the governor's plan allowed the use of nonrecurring cuts this year.

In January 2010, Montag released her debut studio album Superficial; it was critically panned and commercially unsuccessful, failing to earn back the money she spent making it.

Too much analysis has been superficial and short term, rather than getting to grips with the bigger failings we must overcome to win next time.

By failing to uncover the kernel, and regarding the story as merely amusing or superficial, a person would accomplish nothing more than looking at the peach, while others internalised the tale and allowed themselves to be touched by it.

Nothing superficial".

Victims' advocates immediately criticized the report as failing to take adequate account of the experiences of victims and laypeople and as basing the conclusions on superficial indicators.

"Fashion is superficial, momentary.