How To Use Go through the motions In A Sentence

With one eye on the clock, I would vapidly go through the motions of the Batteries and Grand jetés so that I could rush home to my queens: Lil' P, Terrible T and Sweet L.D collectively known as Oaktown's 3.5.7. Sasha Brookner: Sabar: African Hip-Hop
They go through the motions with manifest tedium as if they are moving files in an office.
We go through the motions, the meaningless hugs, the tears, the constant apologies.
They can present any outrageous claim they choose to without even having to go through the motions of defending it.
As the first battalion of the Irish Guards go through the motions of their normal Tuesday morning practice, the crowds begin to gather desultorily round the Palace forecourt.

Don't just go through the motions when training in the gym, but try to train with the same intensity as you did when training for that shredded six-pack.
Why even go through the motions when everyone with half a lick of sense understands that "nonbinding" means the legislation is nothing but a toothless, meaningless symbol? Congressional Dems Willing To "Compromise" On Iraq
They were content to mouth the slogans and go through the motions.
No young man will go through the motions of the dance, hour after hour, without thinking impure thoughts.
And even if I come off wrong, I still have to go through the motions of the spin, but I know that I'm going to fall.