give lip
Example Sentences
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They may ask for others’ input and give lip service to their ideas, but it quickly becomes clear that “it’s my way or the highway.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025
Cosmetic nurse Vanessa Lee nearly left the industry after being asked to give lip injections to a teenage girl with her mother’s approval.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 11, 2024
The fear throughout the pandemic has been that, in a post-COVID world, leaders would give lip service to flexible work, but really expect everyone to snap back to the ideal worker norms of 2019.
From Slate • Apr. 20, 2022
“I think we as a party give lip service to diversity, but we really care very little about it,” Fudge said.
From Washington Post • Dec. 4, 2019
“Janus. Hecate. Morpheus. They give lip service to Olympus, and yet— “That’s where Dionysus went,” I remembered.
From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan
