cursory examination

She hadn't moved while I had done my cursory examination.

A cursory examination told him they'd been here this morning.

After a cursory examination, he turned to me and said that we must get the boy to hospital quickly.

Because, on a cursory examination, I would say that is what you've got.

But even on a cursory examination the doctor had been in no doubt.

A cursory examination didn't find anything that jumped out at him.

Because that isn't all he has done, as any cursory examination of the facts would have shown you.

Down at the beach-house he again made only a cursory examination.

Following a cursory examination by the executive board this morning, the vote in the full assembly was academic.

To a cursory examination from a distance, it looked almost as if the camp had disappeared.

There had only been time for a cursory examination, but the hints were compelling.

She made the most cursory examination of her injuries.

After a cursory examination she moved on to more fruitful territory.

Anyone conducting a cursory examination of the Stack would almost certainly miss it.

No words are banned by the guidelines, as even a cursory examination of the documents would show.

On both occasions he made a cursory examination of the two captives.

Bickley ran at him and made a cursory examination with his fingers.

Reportedly, he had been given "only cursory examinations" at the hospital and was down to 114 pounds.

Tom's cursory examination of his host's memories hadn't revealed that secret.

But before Jud could go beyond a cursory examination, something interrupted.

Arthur made only a cursory examination of the village.

We cannot dismiss it with a cursory examination in the half-light.

And on cursory examination, this bomb achieved neither of those objectives.

The doctor's cursory examination revealed the presence of a fungating growth.

The walletful of cards would get him past only the most cursory examinations.