Cash for clunkers was a superficial "success" from a sales point of view; we saw all those cars driven off the dealers' lots powered by taxpayer subsidies.
That might produce a quick gain or two, and the fizz of superficial success; but, over time, Electra would become a different beast, less able to stick to its long-term path.
Our detective hero gives in to pleas from his significant other to help out her former husband, whose superficial success and savoir faire barely hide how ugly a hash he's made of things.
You have to have a nose for smelling out the difference between a superficial success and a meaningful success.
He feared that he was perpetuating a superficial African-American success stereotype that might be held against kids who lacked his opportunities.
On social media, where people disproportionately share only good news and superficial markers of success, we are given the impression that accomplishments and good fortune are discovered, and not the result of creative effort and applied talents.
Instead of understanding what the word happy really means, we devalue it by casting it aside and instead reach for superficial tokens of success, massive wealth, instant gratification, flawless relationships, and perfect jobs.
But such superficial signs of economic success mask the harsh uncertainties of a newborn nation.
But such superficial signs of economic success mask the harsh uncertainties of a newborn nation, whose very existence is not recognized by Serbia, Russia or some European countries.
And to artists: we must not isolate ourselves in echo chambers while ignoring social problems in our immediate communities, sidelining these concerns in a superficial race for material success.
He praised her music, describing the album as "a smart [record], with honed rhythm tracks that flit from funk to pop, electronics to rock", although calling most tracks "superficial", being about "style", "success", "shopping" and "sex".
