Examples of 'pay lip' in a sentence
Meaning of "pay lip"
pay lip: This phrase means to express support, agreement, or sympathy without any real intention or commitment. It implies insincerity or superficial gestures
How to use "pay lip" in a sentence
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pay lip
You will only pay lip service.
Some pay lip service to agreeing with me.
We should do more than pay lip service.
He does not pay lip service to matters of faith.
We are not just gonna pay lip service.
They only pay lip service to service.
In this area it is not sufficient to pay lip service.
They pay lip service to their religion.
They just want to pay lip service.
They pay lip service to bewitch the masses.
At the moment we only pay lip service to this.
Pay lip service to her.
I was just hired on to pay lip service to government regulators.
If you are going to tackle this issue, do not just pay lip service to it.
Many politicians pay lip service to family values.
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True, some of the new adherents of this solution only pay lip service to it.
Even dictators pay lip service to these ideas.
And the best we can do is pay lip service.
Do not pay lip service to me.
I did not know you could pay lip service.
One can not pay lip service to positive thinking.
Your tinge of shyness is a hope we will pay lip service to your art.
It is not enough to pay lip service to an abstract idea of full integration.
In fact in my experience many companies still only pay lip service to innovation.
Just pay lip service and tell her we will negotiate.
All they know is to pay lip service only.
They pay lip service to morality and do whatever they want.
It is not enough simply to pay lip service to that.
A greater multitude pay lip service to it and practice healthier living because of it.
I think this is why big businesses pay lip service to innovation.
Today we only pay lip service to the farmers of this land.
And that does not mean just pay lip service to them.
I will not pay lip service to the wrongs you have done me.
It is that they pay lip service.
Many companies pay lip service to diversity with fancy titles and initiatives.
Be grateful we pay lip service.
We do pay lip service to the Aboriginal role in our society.
It was not enough simply to pay lip service to such causes.
Otherwise integration and sustainability risk becoming buzzwords to which policy-makers pay lip service only.
It is all too easy to pay lip service to human rights.
People pay lip service to the three Rs, but they never follow through.
They must do more than pay lip service to peace.
Just pay lip service and tell her we will negotiate . We are on our way now.
This is not the time to pay lip service to our father land.
The ARRL can't do anything to enforce the law but pay lip service.
You did not even pay lip service to our friendship.
The European Parliament has a responsibility to do more than just pay lip service and rhetoric.".
I think we pay lip service to it.
To progressive ideas, The Democrats pay lip service.
Let us not continue to pay lip service when it comes to this abhorrent practice.
