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lip service

NOUN
  1. an expression of agreement that is not supported by real conviction

How To Use lip service In A Sentence

  • Compared with the courage of these two outlanders, we in the D.C. press corps pay only lip service to the supposed sanctity of the reporter's right to protect his sources.
  • She still did lip service to the old ways, while herself nibbling away at forbidden fruit.
  • These words at least pay lip service to the realisation that neo-liberal economics are a spent force.
  • Cynics may call it lip service, considering the almost daily stream of new fund-raising allegations stemming from his 1996 campaign.
  • While such bosses may give lip service to good management, their fundamental insecurity squelches the development of their employees and is ultimately demoralizing and bad for business.
  • The magazine plays a lot of lip service to homosexuality and bisexuality, but so long as they are sexy, skinny, trendy urban hipsters.
  • Some made a good job of the sandwich element, but many paid it lip service.
  • All the parties pay lip service to environmental issues.
  • Unhappily, he had done no more than pay lip service to their views.
  • Don't give me any lip service.
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