Sentence examples for through the superficiality from inspiring English sources

The novel's hero, a "bookish hipster" whose background is similar to Mr. Surkov's, "can see through the superficiality of his age, but is unable to have any real feelings for anyone or anything," wrote Peter Pomerantsev in the essay, which summed up Mr. Surkov's work as a "fusion of despotism and postmodernism".

In attacking the superficiality of much of Israel's worship, Yahweh, through Hosea, proclaimed: "For I desire steadfast (Covenant) love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God, rather than burnt offerings".

This may sound like a superficial complaint, but no one has yet successfully overestimated the superficiality of Mac users.

The critics also complained about the superficiality of Niall Ferguson, whose Channel 4 series, Civilization, runs us through the west and its discontents.

And for a time we worry that nothing will break through the icy superficiality that characterizes the lives of Paul and his friends — not so dissimilar from the superficiality of Jake and his crowd in "The Sun Also Rises," but here Xanax and Ecstasy take the place of Burgundy, Champagne and gin.

Oh, the superficiality of it all.

He also scathingly considers the superficiality of contemporary art forms.

Brooks is out to expose the superficiality of an overly rational view of human nature, but there is more than one kind of superficiality.

But Mr. Anderson's performance is limited by the superficiality of Mr. Wise's book.

Like many people here, Mr. Leiva talks about the dangers of "getting lost" in the superficiality.

Wit, irony and some irrepressibly likable protagonists save these novels from sanctioning the superficiality they describe.