Sentence examples for superficial over from inspiring English sources

I relate to Letterman and Stewart because, at last, we have unburdened ourselves of the expectations of a culture that values the superficial over the material.

"Bush's Inauguration Will Pay Honor to U.S. Troops Abroad" (news article, Dec. 17) is yet another example of the Bush administration's preference for the superficial over the meaningful.

The notion of "matching" with someone is the most cursory exploration of compatibility imaginable, and it's only gotten more superficial over time.

In addition, the median treatment duration often appears relatively short, with antimicrobials prescribed for less than 14 days in around 40% of cases, even taking into account the likely predominance of superficial over deep pyoderma cases in the study population.

We have become a nation of saucy superlatives, the superficial once-over, the readily bruised sense of self and the pop psychology quick fix.

Preferential liquid feeding occurred in the microchannels far from the inlet feeding tube for inlet flows with high gas quality (over 10%) and high gas superficial velocity (over 20 m/s) and with the inlet tube parallel to the microchannels.

As often happens when the media pile onto a subject, the same superficial details were repeated over and over again, until they became clichés — there was talk of the swimming pools, the spa cuisine, the high-thread-count sheets.

Inevitably she discards him in favor of the nearest handsome, callow youth, choosing superficial beauty over wisdom and sensitivity.

Needless to say, a whites-only dating service would be repugnant, trading on racism, on superficial characteristics over which people have no control.

Local anaesthetic was injected into the superficial tissues, over the site selected for joint entry.

Unlike previous reports, which suggested that submerged tailings were effectively inert, our results show alteration of the superficial layer over time.