How to Use superficiality in a Sentence

superficiality

noun
  • But there was a superficiality about the nightclub scene that the young performer couldn't abide.
    — Jarvis Deberry, NOLA.com, 8 Mar. 2018
  • That superficiality feels part and parcel with the series as a whole.
    — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Apr. 2022
  • Both her greed and her superficiality run counter to her sixties credo.
    — Sophia Nguyen, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2021
  • But the show is laying groundwork, and the seeming superficiality is part of a bigger plan.
    — Margaret Lyons, New York Times, 19 Nov. 2019
  • This superficiality is, of course, part of a systemic problem.
    — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 6 Feb. 2020
  • People walk on eggshells and talk about superficialities, rather than about what is really happening in their lives.
    — Elizabeth Bernstein, WSJ, 13 Nov. 2018
  • For them, meeting in a game sidestepped the superficiality that can come with the beginning stages of dating, Rain says.
    — Elizabeth Landau, Wired, 1 Dec. 2020
  • Trump’s superficialities at times led Stan back to the deeper character.
    — Marc Tracy, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2025
  • For better or worse, this evolutionary feature has led us to our modern day superficiality.
    — Jeff Stibel, USA TODAY, 22 Sep. 2017
  • The superficiality of dating apps has only deepened his frustrations, and Viall wants to tilt the odds in his favor.
    — Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 27 June 2026
  • Scorpios aren’t interested in superficiality; on the contrary, their urge to merge with another mind, body and soul is strong.
    — Valerie Mesa, People.com, 23 Oct. 2024
  • Grande matched her co-star’s vocal prowess, but her numbers tend to reflect her character’s superficiality.
    — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
  • And in an era of righteous certainty and flamboyant superficiality, what sets this special most against the grain is its commitment to doubt.
    — Jason Zinoman, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2020
  • Lost and alone in a crowd, Gordy confesses to Oliver that he’s turned off by the superficiality and noisiness of the scene.
    — Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2019
  • Can taking it away, ever briefly, correct for our overly visual superficiality?
    — Lisa Bonos, Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2020
  • The importance of knowing the details of your Chanel bag goes beyond superficiality.
    — Kyle Stiansen, Teen Vogue, 19 Oct. 2017
  • Her words and works, to their core, resist superficiality and simplification.
    — Jason Kehe, Wired, 29 Dec. 2019
  • Both stunts signal Branagh’s lack of imagination — and worse, his superficiality.
    — Armond White, National Review, 19 Nov. 2021
  • The costumes were part of a performance-art piece about the perils of pleasure-seeking and superficiality, which, again, has been his theme since his earliest mixtapes.
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 8 Feb. 2021
  • Our shock and dismay comes not from political differences — but from their lack of knowledge beyond superficialities.
    — The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Still, if Bridgerton has firmly embraced superficiality, then this season at least gives multiple races an equal slice of its thinly layered pie.
    — Aja Romano, Vox, 21 May 2024
  • So the series cracks open the superficiality of this binary, laying bare the moral sacrifices everyone makes in the wake of revolution.
    — Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 23 Nov. 2022
  • To address these concerns, S’More has developed a suite of features aimed to reduce the superficiality of online dating, and slow down the process.
    — Mark Travers, Forbes, 25 May 2021
  • The song contrasts authentic love with the superficiality often found in relationships, urging the listener to let their guard down and accept something pure.
    — Christopher Claxton, Billboard, 18 Feb. 2025
  • Each boxer came to represent something different in the 1980s, a flimsy decade where superficiality was the core.
    — Mike Freeman, USA TODAY, 25 May 2021
  • As that title suggests, blonds have favorable stereotypes attached to them, which makes poking fun at their intelligence, as well as their superficiality, a little more palatable.
    — Jason Zinoman, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2023
  • There is a prescient, pitch-perfect satire of the superficiality and platitudinal meaninglessness of modern life.
    — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 22 Feb. 2021
  • Mary Babers-Green doesn’t care too much for the commercialization of motherhood, nor the superficiality holidays bring.
    — Marcus Thompson Ii, The Mercury News, 14 May 2017
  • But in trying to avoid that fate—and in trying, generally, to act like a regular person online—users push the conversation toward conflict and superficiality.
    — Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic, 17 Jan. 2020
  • Everything from her enigmatic persona to her underlying strength reflects this Water sign’s ability to cut through superficialities and get to the heart of things.
    — Valerie Mesa, People.com, 13 Jan. 2025

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