5 sentences with 'superficial'
Example sentences and phrases with the word superficial and other words derived from it.
• « Thus, some of the caretakers of Christian belief in medieval society often had a very superficial understanding of what that theological belief was supposed to consist of. »
• « Certainly, by the 1990s, the Holocaust was an integral part of the history taught in schools and universities almost everywhere; although it is possible to be unaware of many of the details, even people with only a superficial understanding of modern history are often aware that the Nazis carried out the genocide of Europe's Jews during World War II. »
• « The blood vessels in the skin contract instantly when a cut is made or pressure is applied. In the case of a superficial cut of the skin, this mechanism serves to reduce blood loss. »
• « The day cream works on the surface and therefore, rather than moisturising, it prevents excessive evaporation of sweat from causing superficial dehydration. »
• « Today's advocates of popular culture are so obsessed with superficial skill and commercial gimmickry that they overlook the more important questions of soul and substance. Theirs is, at heart, a war against standards; that is, a war against the responsibility we have to judge things. »