Examples of 'going through the motions' in a sentence

Meaning of "going through the motions"

going through the motions: This phrase is used to describe a situation where someone is performing an action or activity without any real enthusiasm or interest. It suggests that the person is just going through the motions, going through the required motions or steps without truly engaging in the task

How to use "going through the motions" in a sentence

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going through the motions
You are going through the motions of being a dutiful wife.
Otherwise you are just going through the motions.
Going through the motions to sell some records.
You will only be going through the motions.
Going through the motions and nothing more.
And you are just going through the motions.
I am going through the motions and just drawing blanks.
I was living life just going through the motions.
We are going through the motions on hair and fiber.
We would both just be going through the motions.
Going through the motions out there.
I was more or less just going through the motions.
Going through the motions is not enough.
You end up just going through the motions.
Going through the motions is not going to cut it.

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I spent my whole life going through the motions.
Going through the motions does not count.
Faith is more than going through the motions.
Going through the motions to join a church does not count.
It feels like we are just going through the motions.
We are only going through the motions of taking a shot at you.
They are just people like us going through the motions.
I was going through the motions.
We would stop if we thought we were just going through the motions.
They are just going through the motions of life.
The last two we were pretty much just going through the motions.
We would been going through the motions for a while.
You should not go if you are just going through the motions.
And simply going through the motions of trying to survive.
I just do not want to keep going through the motions.
Just going through the motions.
So you do not need to bother going through the motions.
I hate going through the motions.
Anything less than this is going through the motions.
People going through the motions.
We have obviously just been going through the motions.
Keep going through the motions.
It was as though she was going through the motions.
Going through the motions to salve your own guilt.
So do not waste my time going through the motions of emotions.
Or going through the motions because the truth is too upsetting.
They were just going through the motions.
I was even able to concentrate musically rather than just going through the motions.
They were only going through the motions of worship.
There is nothing sexy about the two of us going through the motions.
Rather than going through the motions of an.
The final selection round was just going through the motions.
He was going through the motions because they brought him peace.
I have been just sort of going through the motions.
At least going through the motions of doing the job and pretending it matters.

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