Sentence examples for with a perfunctory from inspiring English sources

THE diagnosis came with a perfunctory phone call.

The first time she enters the hospital cafeteria she walks past Andre's table with a perfunctory greeting.

Though not all of those qualities are obvious, Mr. Atkins plays the character with a perfunctory swagger.

Instead of smirking silently and then responding with a perfunctory "LOL," though, the audience is expected to act that out.

Other companies do not dance so quickly and most of the cast raced through the solos with a perfunctory air.

In the living room, which had an adjoining bar, Mr. Clark made them drinks with a perfunctory "I hope that suits you".

But the fact that such a far-reaching piece of social legislation was able to pass with just a perfunctory round of protests suggests that resistance is dwindling.

We pile into the car in a state of well being and drive past Noel Coward's house with only a perfunctory replay of the earlier conversation.

Those security features are important to securing the iPhone, particularly any phone which is otherwise protected with just a perfunctory 4- or 6-digit passcode.

Dr. Maggie Graham (Bettye Ackerman) was an anesthesiologist with only a perfunctory role on "Ben Casey," which had its premiere in 1961 the week after "Dr. Kildare" and quickly became the most popular program on ABC.

That document — a solid, middle-of-the-road package, with nothing to offend anyone and a little something to please almost everybody, including, improbably, a salute to big business — was proposed, seconded, and accepted in no time at all, with only a perfunctory floor protest by disgruntled liberals.