The sun came out, but only in a perfunctory, pale fashion.

It was her fifth glass of wine, which she finished now in a perfunctory fashion.

He shook hands with each in perfunctory fashion, and they filed out.

The man was a policeman, testing doorways in perfunctory fashion.

And we do not do it in a perfunctory fashion.

Though he did not follow her, his mother did look into his room in a perfunctory fashion.

Patience put out a hand and had it shaken in a perfunctory fashion before being ignored.

Mulgoon asked in a perfunctory fashion, obviously not expecting any.

She did her hair and face in a rather perfunctory fashion and made her way to the entrance.

They waved farewell to their sister in rather a perfunctory fashion.