CURSORY's Sentences and Contexts

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 Sentences of cursory
Definition:
a. casual; brief or broad; not cautious, nor detailed
Example:
Because a cursory examination of the ruins indicates the possibility of arson, we believe the insurance agency should undertake a more extensive investigation of the fire's cause.
Sentence in Classic:
Bumble that it would be an innocent and virtuous way of spending the time, if he were further to allay his curiousity by a cursory glance at the interior of Mrs.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens Context
But the cursory glance my father had taken of my volume by no means assured me that he was acquainted with its contents, and I continued to read with the greatest avidity.
Frankenstein By Mary Wollstonecraft (Godwin) Shelley Context
Anywhere else in Chicago he would have stood a good chance of being arrested; but the policemen in Packingtown were apparently used to these informal movings, and contented themselves with a cursory examination now and then.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair Context