He believes in the superficial signs of womanhood, in Song's flowing hair and heavy makeup, more than any genuine physical evidence of her gender.

All I'm saying is there are no obvious superficial signs of forced or rough sexual activity.

The superficial signs are there.

The grounds showed only superficial signs of care.

The only superficial signs of the accident are scratch marks on Shipp's arms and a thin scar on his bottom lip.

That much time would take care of any of the superficial signs, I should think, glacial polish or moraines or nanatuks.

All the superficial signs of beatnik redux are there: the long hair or bob, the goatee and clothes that run from tie-dye T-shirts and salvaged Salvation Army pieces to Guatemalan ethnic and basic black.

"No - as I thought - there is certainly no superficial sign of eye-strain."

Thus, superficial signs of activity are everywhere.

I'd expect to find deep-seated internal bruising, but it's possible to get this without many superficial signs.