Example sentences for: insubstantial

How can you use “insubstantial” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • "His characters are only insubstantial shadows on a screen and Timeline is not a novel, but a shooting script" (Richard Dyer, the Boston Globe ). (Crichton's official site includes an excerpt from the book.)

  • An exception might be poor families, where bequests are insubstantial.

  • Having declared Wolf insubstantial and impotent, her detractors again reverse course, accusing Gore of relying too heavily on her for guidance and a definition of himself.

  • I see no point in writing about Never Been Kissed --a pleasant but annoyingly insubstantial teen comedy--unless I can pull out the stops and say it's worth seeing, it demands to be seen, for Drew Barrymore, who is at once the dizziest and most magically poised comedienne in movies today.

  • 5. "These dwarfs may look insubstantial, but they are like cannonballs to a giant galaxy."


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