halfhearted

Example Sentences

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"After I showed George the names, he rejected one and said a halfhearted 'okay' to the other while looking at his phone. We never went."

From Salon

“After I showed George the names, he rejected one and said a halfhearted ‘okay’ to the other while looking at his phone.

From Washington Post

Dharam, her husband, whose halfhearted business ventures always end in failure, wants to use the cash for a religious ritual.

From New York Times

Paste magazine describes the film as a “fraud captivating enough to fill a news segment, halfheartedly unfolded to the detriment of all parties involved.”

From Washington Post

Justice Alito’s efforts to distinguish the two questions, then, may strike some as halfhearted.

From New York Times