half-hearted
Example Sentences
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And earlier this month United defender Noussair Mazraoui was recorded comically scribbling half-hearted signatures on a set of shirts given to him by a hunter who approached him at his car window after training.
From BBC
So by those standards, what the California Highway Patrol discovered when they pulled over a driver in the carpool lane in West Covina recently would be half-hearted.
From Los Angeles Times
She sat up and took a half-hearted bite of her day meal.
From Literature
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I tried not to rush as I trailed Meg, pausing and dipping a knee or putting a hand on my hip in a half-hearted imitation of her.
From Literature
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I made a half-hearted attempt to find my hat in the dark but gave up almost instantly and stuffed my hair haphazardly into the neck of my shirt.
From Literature
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