Examples of 'only on the surface' in a sentence

Meaning of "only on the surface"

This phrase suggests that something is superficial or apparent only at a shallow level. It means that there is a lack of depth or substance in a particular situation or person. It implies that further investigation or understanding is required to uncover the underlying truth or complexity

How to use "only on the surface" in a sentence

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only on the surface
Only on the surface of unpeeled boiled eggs.
The black is not only on the surface.
Only on the surface of the miracle of therapy.
Equality had been achieved only on the surface.
This was only on the surface of the sea.
But that ineffectiveness is only on the surface.
Only on the surface was capitalism a process of demystification.
Though that may be only on the surface.
Only on the surface.
But the diversity is only on the surface.
Treating only on the surface would only repel the problem.
Communism seems to be internationalist only on the surface.
The waves are only on the surface of the sea.
The particles are mainly purified only on the surface.
The desires are only on the surface of the mind.

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The dark body tone is through the whole opal and not only on the surface.
Evaporation occurs only on the surface of the liquid.
Only on the surface of Life is anything somewhere else.
They are similar only on the surface.
But it is only on the surface that these distortions are happening here and there.
The disciples were looking only on the surface of things.
No, only on the surface.
The spectators were looking only on the surface of things.
A first densification ( third phase ) takes place by means of a needling process, only on the surface.
The cancer is only on the surface of the skin.
But the water on Earth is not only on the surface.
They were only on the surface of the wood.
The glue is thus present only on the surface.
Fungi reside not only on the surface of the nail but throughout the entire structure.
The ordinary man thinks only on the surface.
Only on the surface, Dad.
Evil lies only on the surface.
He himself might disagree, but probably only on the surface.
Free charge exists only on the surface of the conductor.
This is a fantasy very much based in reality - but only on the surface.
Smear glue is necessary only on the surface of the walls and in the corners.
They were eerily beautiful, but only on the surface.
The thaw is only on the surface of the Earth.
The town had changed and not only on the surface.
Stop smoking only on the surface but breathe in!
However, this contradiction is only on the surface.
Autosunburn works only on the surface of the skin, staining it.
It may have been, but it was only on the surface.
The ASGP-R is present only on the surface of hepatocytes.
As microwaves do not penetrate tin foil, the food heats only on the surface.
What we see is only on the surface.
The so-called populist movements in Europe are nationalist only on the surface.
This attaches to a protein found only on the surface of the prostate cancer cell.
All things considered, she took it well . Though that may be only on the surface.
These molecules are expressed only on the surface of certain cells, including macrophages and B cells.

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