lip service

As always, its leaders paid lip service to lofty ideals to obscure the ugly base alloys.

The missus and the kids pay intermittent lip service to living on a farm.

“Non-apology”, “disingenuous” and “lip service” were a few of the choice words expressed.

As Democrats we need to speak much more boldly about how we address inequality and not just pay lip service to these ideas.

People have been paying lip-service to globalization and the blahblahblah.

At this poem Mary professed herself delighted; for she was long past blushing at lip service.

How far—and this was more vital—are they rendering lip-service to social organisations?

Ofttimes a good frown to an unwise friend is all that is necessary to stop this "lip service" flattery.

Since it was their show and their property, I couldn't see any reason why they made this odd lip-service to politeness.

German statesmen may protest about their love of peace, but the service they render to peace is only lip service.