How To Use Cursory In A Sentence

Burke cast a cursory glance at the menu, then flapped it shut.
The amendments to the Armed Forces Act include a provision under which the contracts of the professional soldiers would include a paragraph for precursory agreement for participation in missions abroad.
Too many high-risk prisoners are set loose after cursory checks, sometimes just a quick phone call. The Sun
It had emerged that security badges at the base were obsolete and could be copied easily, while identity and vehicle checks were cursory at best. Times, Sunday Times
He put aside the papers after a cursory study.

Though I can make a cursory record, a quick sketch of those first sensations and impressions that flood the traveler, I find these jottings to be incomplete - just notes.
A cursory listen reveals that the first version closely resembles Nashville's, from a musical standpoint.
Ellis agrees that "that sequence does seem kind of cursory" – but only, he goes on, because Clay is so numbly affectless that even rape and torture would look banal to him. Bret Easton Ellis: 'So you're a misogynist, a racist – so what? Does it make your art less interesting?'
Also, a brief overview of the story is contained, but it is cursory and superficially overviewed here, and doesn't spoil or resolve anything.
Critics of the system say that only the most cursory checks are carried out on the background of applicants. Times, Sunday Times
Consequently, that child may be studying with a teacher who has given only a cursory glance at these spiraled curriculum guides.
Indeed, most of the instances of the term a cursory Google search of whitehouse. gov uncovers come in questions from the media Signifying Nothing
The weather was adjudged too cold to risk a full tour of the estate's 1,250 acres for Mudie's benefit, although he was taken on a cursory walk around the most impressive rooms.
Even a cursory glance is enough to show that Picasso had several changes of mind while he was working on the canvas.
They have developed algorithms to detect precursory earthquake patterns.
He gave us a cursory glance, then lumbered off in pursuit of a female. Times, Sunday Times
Especially if we rush to judgement and act on precursory information rather then absolute facts. Republicans take issue with Obama on Iran
They need only take a cursory glance at history to find an answer. Times, Sunday Times
Take the most cursory look at the week's disasters. Times, Sunday Times
I mean look at how they feigned ignorance about Obama's use of the word refine to somehow come out with the meaning that he was switching his position, when even the most cursory understanding of the word means to be more precise. Hillary Explains Vote Against FISA Cave
Nevertheless, changes constantly occur as is shown by a cursory glance at the development of local government services in Britain.
A cursory analysis of the issue of Jewish settlements reveals a calculated and systematic strategy to infiltrate and 'colonise' the Palestinian territories. ANC Today
I got to the door, got the cursory glance up and down, and was admitted to the hedonistic multi-level entertainment palace that is the Shed.
Even a cursory glance at the figures will tell you that sales are down this year.
And even a cursory knowledge of American history provides incontrovertible evidence of its falsehood.
As for his newest project, even a cursory glance at the property had his creative juices flowing.
When comparing both players' serves a cursory glance suggests that there is little between the two. Times, Sunday Times
After precursory introductions by the head of the constitution center, we were informed that the Q and A session would last until 4: 00. Rob Kall: Specter Uses Teabaggered Health Care Town Hall to Court Progressives, Finesse Sestak
EA was saying that Candlewick is one of the few houses that puts lists of who-edited-what online Though for my own part, I could only find them by googling "editors name candlewick", not by a cursory glance at the website. Some Editors Are More Anonymous Than Others
However a cursory glance through provides the following statement: "in 1855 Guillaume Duchenne, the father of electrotherapy, pronounced Faradic (AC) current superior to Galvanic (DC) current for electrotherapeutic purposes."—so I’m inclined to think that the early researchers were playing with both AC and DC in the lab, regardless of which was first used for commercial purposes. July 18, 1871
A cursory look at the fines imposed recall many fractious series that remain in memory and some spats that do not. Times, Sunday Times
Novelty bands are ten a penny, as even the most cursory glance at the charts on either side of the Atlantic will show you.
It only takes a cursory look at Einstein's calculations to see that this attempt to relativize rotation is a nonstarter.
The men were stripped, numbered, given a cursory medical examination and put in boiler suits. Times, Sunday Times
This eruption began in July 1995 with phreatic explosions following 3 years of precursory seismic activity.
Even a cursory look at the new science GCSE is enough to give anyone pause for thought.
This eruption began in July 1995 with phreatic explosions following 3 years of precursory seismic activity.
A cursory glance through the annals of history will prove this beyond doubt.
Too many high-risk prisoners are set loose after cursory checks, sometimes just a quick phone call. The Sun
Short-term earthquake prediction, on the other hand, is more deterministic and relies on the detection of precursory phenomena.
So we had another cursory look around for about five minutes, found nobody. The Sun
Sen. Patrick Leahy said the decision constituted a 'default of U.S. leadership' and charged that it appeared to be based on a review that 'can only be described as cursory and half-hearted'. Global Issues News Headlines
You wouldn't think it from a cursory glance. Times, Sunday Times
Police, busily performing their cursory searches of every person, will therefore probably miss John's explosives.
I have stressed in the course of this cursory overview the factor of religious revivals. Sociology and Religion: A Collection of Readings
Even the most cursory glance showed me the crowd did look awfully grand.
A cursory review of the reportage in this conflict reveals misinformation, disinformation, mistakes, exaggerations, lies and propaganda flowing freely in all directions.
The "ES" initials of Smythson's powerful patron, Bess of Hardwick, are set into the stonework of the towers like a precursory corporate logo.01246 850430Owner Charles Cavendish was clearly not to be outdone by his mum, Bess of Hardwick see Hardwick Hall. The Renaissance in Britain: examples from the era
Believe it or not, there wasn't a single piece worth more than a cursory glance.
A cursory glance through the annals of history will prove this beyond doubt.
Take the most cursory look at the week's disasters. Times, Sunday Times
Having given it only precursory mental attention, I would call a ban on the former censorship and a ban on the latter a legitimate curricula decision for school boards. More on Sarah Palin, Moose Hunting, and Other Stuff
In any event, we are seeing many alarming precursory symptoms of social and political instability.
Burke cast a cursory glance at the menu, then flapped it shut.
The City of Portland, which when asked for documents says it has seen only the sketchiest of drawings and an equally cursory description of the work, will not get a chance to select any contractor other than the one chosen by the Paulsons, which in this case is apparently Turner. Paulson stadium deal funnels Portland tax money to New York (Jack Bog's Blog)
A cursory look at the figures suggests there is a serious problem. Times, Sunday Times
Such was his flow of thoughts, and such his promptitude of language, that in the latter part of his life he did not precompose his cursory sermons, but having adjusted the heads, and sketched out some particulars, trusted for success to his extemporary powers. The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes Volume the Eighth: The Lives of the Poets, Volume II
Security guards carried out a cursory check but left after finding no sign of a disturbance. The Sun
Parties were just places for cursory introductions. Times, Sunday Times
If we consider, in fact, that by far the largest proportion of recorded existing species are known only by the study of their skins, or bones, or other lifeless exuvia; that we are acquainted with none, or next to none, of their physiological peculiarities, beyond those which can be deduced from their structure, or are open to cursory observation; and that we cannot hope to learn more of any of those extinct forms of life which now constitute no inconsiderable proportion of the known Flora and Lectures and Essays
Even a cursory search of any online hymnography database will yield numerous other examples of the use of Prudentius' poetry in worship services over the centuries. Archive 2009-01-01
A cursory look at the figures suggests there is a serious problem. Times, Sunday Times
He gave us a cursory glance, then resumed his watch on the highway.
It would be impossible to find out its true value from a cursory inspection, she said.
What advantage is it to be a man, over it is to be a boy at school, if we have only escaped the ferula to come under the fescue of an Imprimatur; if serious and elaborate writings, as if they were no more than the theme of a grammar-lad under his pedagogue, must not be uttered without the cursory eyes of a temporizing and extemporizing licenser? Areopagitica
Such was his flow of thoughts, and such his promptitude of language, that in the latter part of his life he did not precompose his cursory sermons, but, having adjusted the heads and sketched out some particulars, trusted for success to his extemporary powers. Johnson's Lives of the Poets — Volume 2
A cursory look at the fines imposed recall many fractious series that remain in memory and some spats that do not. Times, Sunday Times
He gave us a cursory glance, then lumbered off in pursuit of a female. Times, Sunday Times
Yet, and only, because both are set in the free-market talent jungle of New York's artistic netherworld, Moon bears a cursory resemblance to Another Country, Baldwin's justly celebrated New York novel.
Yet subject this idea to more than the most cursory examination and it begins to crumble. Times, Sunday Times
Still, I can't help but wonder aloud if now that credits credit almost everyone, it isn't far more ignoble to say that writing a large chunk of a movie still doesn't deserve even cursory recognition.
What he is can't be seen in tattoos or with a cursory glance. Times, Sunday Times
a casual (or cursory) inspection failed to reveal the house's structural flaws
It moved to cross the road, and gave a cursory glance left, then right, then stepped out into oblivion.
The fibre doors flap in the stiff wind; a cursory glance is enough to tell me the toilets are yet to be used.
Just how much money Glen Dimplex makes is a closely guarded secret as it is an unlimited company and it has to file only the most cursory of accounts.
This necessitates somewhat cursory reading at times and I don't catch everything.
I took a cursory look at his answers. Times, Sunday Times
Too many high-risk prisoners are set loose after cursory checks, sometimes just a quick phone call. The Sun
Under Leonore's eagle eye he had examined the suddenly produced delivery note and made only a cursory inspection of the truck.
Seated at long, wooden tables and benches, with cursory nibbles and an endless supply of dry and medium delights, you'll find this is a great place to meet new best friends - for as long as the tasting lasts at least.
With the above example in mind, let us take a cursory view of Egg Mountain and vicinity.
The fibre doors flap in the stiff wind; a cursory glance is enough to tell me the toilets are yet to be used.
A cursory review of the language in these regulations from state to state reveals noticeable differences in the wording, from very prescriptive language to very broad guidelines.
Though attempts were made from time to time to mollify nationalistic sentiments, most were cursory and lacked substance.
It might look like it at a cursory glance. Times, Sunday Times
But let not that cursory glance deceive. Times, Sunday Times
Principal Steve Perry doesn't believe in cursory inspections. POLITICAL HOT TOPICS: July 23, 2009
Sun Mar 22, 2009 at 09: 59: 47 AM EDT wrote this morning what could generously be described as a cursory look at the Indiana Toll Road, hesitating just long enough from a wide-eyed respect of Gov. Blue Indiana - Front Page
But let not that cursory glance deceive. Times, Sunday Times
Giving a detailed answer to all of them, even in cursory fashion, would make a small volume. When A Map Is Worth a Thousand Words « Antiwar.com Blog
It might look like it at a cursory glance. Times, Sunday Times
We then take a cursory shower and step down into the learner pool. Times, Sunday Times
Gypsy Joe, his quarry, gave a cursory glance at the neat youngish undistinguished racegoer reading his racecard six feet away and felt none of the supernatural shudder of foreboding that his ancestry would have expected. The Elvis Latte
He was taken to Berlin, questioned in a rather cursory fashion, apparently accepted as a genuine turncoat and employed by them. LOHENGRIN
These songs have been widely anthologized as part of early African-American literary history, while their role in African-Canadian literary history has received only cursory attention in comparison.
Security guards carried out a cursory check but left after finding no sign of a disturbance. The Sun
Andy, my crankiness comes from the fact that so many "picture books for older readers" are forced by the nature of the form to take an either cursory or superficial approach to problems "possibly not resolvable in a thirty-two page format," as former HB editor Anita Silvey put it. "Mad Bitches Against Gay People"
The majority of our masters are scholars by profession, and they are apt to lay undue stress on what they call accurate and minute scholarship, and to neglect wide and cursory reading. Chips From A German Workshop, Vol. V. Miscellaneous Later Essays
The massive scale of California's dominant geomorphic feature, covering several climatic zones, would seem to defy attempts at anything more than such a cursory examination.
The men were stripped, numbered, given a cursory medical examination and put in boiler suits. Times, Sunday Times
It had emerged that security badges at the base were obsolete and could be copied easily, while identity and vehicle checks were cursory at best. Times, Sunday Times
Similarly, Cullen packs to leave on a trip, with a cursory ta-ta to the Congresslady.
A cursory glance through the sleeve notes gives the first clue.
Cloud cover invariably brings lavish movement, which a cursory look at recent results at Headingley suggests. Times, Sunday Times
He said: 'I had a cursory look around and there were two rucksacks. Times, Sunday Times
He gave us a cursory glance, then lumbered off in pursuit of a female. Times, Sunday Times
It had emerged that security badges at the base were obsolete and could be copied easily, while identity and vehicle checks were cursory at best. Times, Sunday Times
Cloud cover invariably brings lavish movement, which a cursory look at recent results at Headingley suggests. Times, Sunday Times
Players made a couple of cursory appearances on the dressing room balcony, and signed autographs, but that was all. Times, Sunday Times
He gives me a cursory glance. Times, Sunday Times
Critics of the system say that only the most cursory checks are carried out on the background of applicants. Times, Sunday Times
After a somewhat cursory examination, the Commission told the independents late in February that it was doing nothing.
A prison nurse officer visited reception to make a cursory inspection of newly admitted prisoners. The Prisons We Deserve
What advantage is it to be a man over it is to be a boy at school, if we have only escaped the ferula to come under the fescue of an Imprimatur? if serious and elaborate writings, as if they were no more than the theme of a grammar-lad under his pedagog, must not be uttered without the cursory eyes of a temporizing and extemporizing licenser? Plea for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing
At this time, YVO scientists and their collaborators have detected no anomalous ground deformation, strain, or increased thermal activity that could indicate precursory activity to phenomena such as steam explosions or volcanic eruptions. Yellowstone Recent Status Report, Updates, and Information Releases
It can take off in a completely different and original direction, making up for all the endless precursory scenes we have had to sit through.
When a recommendation is as dry, cursory and low-level as "Andrew got his work done and showed up on time" the reader gets a bad feeling both about the endorser and (more importantly for you) the endorsee. Liz Ryan: That LinkedIn Endorsement Will Hurt You
Cloud cover invariably brings lavish movement, which a cursory look at recent results at Headingley suggests. Times, Sunday Times
A cursory test of "duro" by itself reveals an extensive tour of a certain canyon in the panhandle of Texas. I bet you thought I was over the Duro, huh? - A Dress A Day
Even a cursory glance at the business news illustrates what he means.
With such a network in place, it should be possible to detect precursory displacements and to provide a timely warning of any impending landslide.
A cursory glance at the literature in this field reveals the importance of suspicions concerning gossiping groups of women.
In challenging the myths of mulatto fiction by precursory white writers, in particular, Fauset reveals the fundamentally political nature of her novels.
I only mention in a cursory way the logarithmic spiral of the spider's web, the precise curves realized without instruments of any kind by the Coleoptera and Hymenoptera in cutting leaves, the stereometry of the aphides. Lola or, The Thought and Speech of Animals
Further, in spite of the proliferation of weekday celebrations of lesser feasts, many Episcopalians lack even cursory knowledge of the early church and the patristic fathers.
But again, our man walked through without a single cursory glance. The Sun
What I couldn't understand were the others who gave the news pictures a cursory glance, and then went back to work.
A prison nurse officer visited reception to make a cursory inspection of newly admitted prisoners. The Prisons We Deserve
Yet subject this idea to more than the most cursory examination and it begins to crumble. Times, Sunday Times
Even a cursory glance is enough to show that Picasso had several changes of mind while he was working on the canvas.
He chunters on about ‘outreach’ schemes - which have been in place for years, with patchy results - to encourage state pupils, and how a cursory glance round hall proves the college is not ‘mono-class’.
A cursory look at the figures suggests there is a serious problem. Times, Sunday Times
Signal shock and precursory earthquake swarm and foreshock activities always accompany the anomalous space-time patterns of seismic'ty.
I will do this every day and upload cursory comments to my dedicated moblog site.
The first compilation of ecoregions in the conterminous United States by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) was performed at a relatively cursory scale (1: 3,168,000), and was published at a smaller scale (1: 7,500,000) (Omernik, 1987). Ecoregions of New Jersey (EPA)
They entered a warm, well-lit room with several small round tables and overstuffed armchairs, most occupied by robed Arabs drinking out of mugs and smoking hookahs, who ignored them after cursory glances.
So we had another cursory look around for about five minutes, found nobody. The Sun
He gives me a cursory glance. Times, Sunday Times
If we were to give these arguments a cursory assessment we may readily accept the conclusion as valid.
Thus, by just taking a cursory glance through the list one notices that alloy steel has larger industrial applications in each of the segments as raw materials.
The vast majority of them are illiterate and slap on a uniform after receiving what can only charitably be described as cursory instruction in military tactics and the handling of an assault rifle. U.S. Contractors Shouldn't Face Iraqi Courts
When comparing both players' serves a cursory glance suggests that there is little between the two. Times, Sunday Times
The techniques presented can be utilized in a precursory analysis to forecast different decisions a coach or player may encounter throughout the game, during a game to optimize each play called, or as a posterior analysis technique to dissect the decisions made and determine the effectiveness of the plays called. I have one word for you: Mix
Two cops walk in; one takes a cursory glance at the menu and orders a French dip.
It might look like it at a cursory glance. Times, Sunday Times
He gave the crowded room a quick cursory glance, and spotted the uniforms in the corner.
Plus, a cursory glance across the water shows that difficulties with stadiums are far from being unique to Ireland.
So we had another cursory look around for about five minutes, found nobody. The Sun
But again, our man walked through without a single cursory glance. The Sun
A huge and implausible fiction - yes, but I dipped in for cursory inspection.
I sailed through the checks with security staff giving the contents of my bag no more than a cursory glance.
They appear to be significant fod medium-term prediction of larg earthquakes and also give precursory information before moderate and small earthquakes...
Recipe: Cursory Google search turned up several intriguing possibilities, and I went with this one because I'm generally a sucker for anything that says "caramelized" and I already had the requisite pasta though a spaghetti-linguine blend, which would prove a bit problematic in the fridge. Rainbow Chard and Caramelized Onion Pasta
Any cursory examination of schools would reveal that the attendance on Carnival week is abysmally low.
We then take a cursory shower and step down into the learner pool. Times, Sunday Times
He gives me a cursory glance. Times, Sunday Times
He signed with only a cursory glance at the report.
In a cursory survey of life it is obvious that a vast number of species spanning most kingdoms and phyla have features that are teleologically designed to deal out disease and/or death.
Even the most cursory glance showed me the crowd did look awfully grand.
But let not that cursory glance deceive. Times, Sunday Times
To compound this unforgivable error of judgement, I then only gave his work a cursory glance before allowing him to leave.
I haven't read the book or even taken a cursory glance through its pages, so I'm not in any position to pass judgement on it specifically.
I took a cursory look at his answers. Times, Sunday Times
Rodriguez lofted a long fly ball as Damon could only look up for a cursory farewell.
And, of course, the precursory element of love should also exist.
I chatted with Mai through the door as my jeans joined the shirt and I gave myself a cursory rub-down with a washcloth almost coarse enough to hurt.
You wouldn't think it from a cursory glance. Times, Sunday Times
Mr. Cook played better than he has ever done for England, dominating as he rarely has before, passing 150 and 200 with the kind of cursory celebrations that indicated he was intent on scoring, as he put it, a daddy hundred. Australia Toil as Records Fall
The most cursory examination of advertisements shows that there is a wide discrepancy in the salaries attaching to apparently similar posts. Personnel Management: A New Approach
In his quotations from other authors he embodies variations which stand already severely condemned by first-class chess critics in various chess periodicals; and his original researches contain a considerable portion of "skittle" analysis, which does not bear cursory examination. Chess History and Reminiscences
A cursory glance through the Yellow Pages reveals that these creatures have multiplied in excess of the ability of the ecosystem to support them.
But even the most cursory of glances at The Canterbury Tales will convince you that this is hardly new.
A cursory glance at the headlines suggests he has more interviews to conduct before anybody starts to believe him.
What he is can't be seen in tattoos or with a cursory glance. Times, Sunday Times
They don't throw me even so much as the most cursory glance, before deciding that I'm too old for their club night.
A cursory glance at the list of honorees reminds one of the political underpinnings that dominate the awards 'list with only a spattering of awardees who actually did work for the community, humanity or the environment. Saad Khan: Nobel Peace Prize: For Peace or for Politics?
This is a nicely delivered and nuanced talk - much more so than this cursory summary suggests.
At a cursory glance 150,000 euro seems an awful lot of money to pay for one acre.
At a cursory glance it is clear to see the potential of such a handsome space.
He made a cursory inspection of food stores and water supplies.
I took a cursory look at his answers. Times, Sunday Times
A cursory glance at a Greek concordance will quickly show that Mary is never spoken of in this way.
They need only take a cursory glance at history to find an answer. Times, Sunday Times
Making a cursory inquiry to several of the dockhands about if any of the ships needed a strong body, he slowly made his way down the pier.
The collapse will occur during some future eruption after days or weeks of precursory deformation and earthquakes,’ Dr Day predicted.
Steven Soter, an astronomer in the Museum's Department of Astrophysics, is researching seismic precursory phenomena and the geoarchaeology of ancient Helike, a Greek city destroyed by an earthquake in 373 B.C.
These poems invite the reader to recall, however vaguely, the precursory cultural texts that they revise and ironize.
Under Leonore's eagle eye he had examined the suddenly produced delivery note and made only a cursory inspection of the truck.
I think what commonly happens, in my experience, is that we have people with little familiarity with technology other than how to create a web page and brouse the web and cursory understanding of what the letters TCP/IP means assuming that this stuff just exploded from private interprise. More Wood Chip Commentary, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
Take the most cursory look at the week's disasters. Times, Sunday Times
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Even the most cursory glance through the voluminous correspondence they generated reveals that the duty was performed conscientiously.
The most cursory examination of advertisements shows that there is a wide discrepancy in the salaries attaching to apparently similar posts. Personnel Management: A New Approach
A prison nurse officer visited reception to make a cursory inspection of newly admitted prisoners. The Prisons We Deserve
But even the most cursory of glances at The Canterbury Tales will convince you that this is hardly new.
The men were stripped, numbered, given a cursory medical examination and put in boiler suits. Times, Sunday Times
This objection was very relevant, as even a cursory glance of the novel will prove.
Burke cast a cursory glance at the menu, then flapped it shut.
Possessed of more than a cursory knowledge of astronomy, he took a sick man's pleasure in speculating as to the dwellers on the unseen worlds of those incredibly remote suns, to haunt whose houses of light, life came forth, a shy visitant, from the rayless crypts of matter. THE RED ONE

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