Sentence examples for superficial interest from inspiring English sources

But the compositions are too standard, too repetitive, to be of anything but superficial interest.

Mr. Hoplin said he had an early, if superficial, interest in the president, in the fifth grade.

It used to be said that Bach took from his Italian contemporary a superficial interest in melody, but the influence went deeper than that.

Firstly, a superficial interest in politics is far better than no interest in politics, which most of our population currently has.

The photographs, too, are diverse; they take a sort of superficial interest in city views, including many shots of facades and sidewalks, but occasionally venture indoors (in one case, to capture the poet Robert Creeley's messy desk).

Now, for those of us in England who take, at most, a superficial interest in sport, football generally sets the tone for how we judge our country's sporting skills, simply because it hogs the most attention, and those skills are repeatedly proven to be wanting.

But while your article was unerringly specific in regard to superficial interests (for example, her wardrobe, which includes a Madame Vionnet gown, Chanel handbag and many pairs of Manolo Blahnik and Jimmy Choo pumps), the reader was left to puzzle about the reasons for her purportedly passionate interest in James Madison and foreign relations.

It is far from the case that most social rights pertain to superficial interests.

There's more to her Instagram phenom than these superficial interest-pullers.

Yes, she's eaten some pretty amazing foods (Hello Kitty Donut?! Takoyaki?! Agedango?!) in some pretty incredible places (think everywhere from Saigon to London), but there's more to her Instagram phenom than these superficial interest-pullers.

If we don't, we may start taking less respectful actions, maybe calling our friend a "social climber" when he isn't around or criticizing his "materialistic goals" or "superficial interests" to a mutual friend.