Sentence examples for was on the surface from inspiring English sources

"Everything was on the surface.

His was, on the surface, a charmed life.

The truth was (on the surface at least) there never was anything new from Hume.

Just before his lungs gave out he was on the surface, the last man out.

The inscription was superficial; it was on the surface of the varnish and hadn't reached the paint layer".

Clark soon found herself in a role for which she was, on the surface at least, ill suited: fanatic.

In the latter case, the spacecraft would be on the surface in one piece.

Only twentypercentt of that one day's supply of oil is on the surface.

That is, on the surface, fair enough.

The idea is, on the surface, simple.

It is, on the surface, an appealing prospect.