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Example sentences for: insubstantial
How can you use “insubstantial” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:
The note-sized sheets look insubstantial and girlie.
5. "These dwarfs may look insubstantial, but they are like cannonballs to a giant galaxy."
Even for a Grisham novel, The Street Lawyer is said to be insubstantial, with "an unlikable hero, a slapdash plot and some truly awful prose" (Michiko Kakutani, the New York Times ). Grisham's social commentary is called both worthy and heavy-handed: His "depictions of the poor read like something turned in by a cub reporter" (Deirdre Donahue, USA Today ). The book is expected to sell out its 2.8-million-copy first run.
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.
An article explains why Clinton's much-ballyhooed race initiative is so insubstantial: The poll-driven president was too scared of voter backlash to risk endorsing affirmative action or criticizing police racism.