How to Use half-hearted in a Sentence
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As Ballew went into a euro-step, Bedgood’s half-hearted jogs back up the court slowed to a halt.
— Luca Evans, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2023 -
What would the effort to retain him have been worth if the effort was only half-hearted?
— Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2023 -
China and India even fought a short but full-scale war in 1962, which was followed by a half-hearted truce.
— Niharika Sharma, Quartz, 5 Apr. 2023 -
Sony’s support for the first PSVR was pretty half-hearted, after all.
— Jay Peters, The Verge, 23 June 2024 -
There’s been nothing half-hearted about what Kyle Davidson has done.
— Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 10 May 2023 -
Some, however, voiced praise for Williamson's speech — even if half-hearted.
— Kyle Morris, Fox News, 5 Mar. 2023 -
His recent half-hearted statement of support for Hogan in his Senate race doesn’t change any of this.
— Frank Donatelli, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2024 -
For their part, Mal and May made half-hearted efforts at percussion.
— Jordan Runtagh, Peoplemag, 31 Oct. 2023 -
The chiding between the two plays like a half-hearted version of Taika Waititi snark.
— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 21 Dec. 2023 -
And Denny, who gets out of prison and back into Peggy’s life over her half-hearted objections.
— Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2023 -
Nobody on screen is giving a half-hearted effort or going through the motions.
— Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2023 -
No hybrid-shoe drag or half-hearted attempts to traverse iffy terrain here.
— Isaiah Freeman-Schub, Robb Report, 7 Dec. 2023 -
Their half-hearted attempt to sign him to a long-term deal resulted in them losing him to the upstart Rangers three winters ago, however.
— Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2024 -
His half-hearted attempt to apologize on a celebrity talk show only digs him in deeper.
— Peter Debruge, Variety, 20 Oct. 2023 -
This day, laden with expectation and excitement, deserves more than a half-hearted card or a generic box of chocolates.
— Cristian Esteban, Rolling Stone, 7 Feb. 2024 -
Much of what has been built over the past decade has been of the generic greige block type, banal four- or five-story apartments that stretch on endlessly, making half-hearted efforts to disguise their bulk.
— Mark Lamster, Dallas News, 12 Apr. 2023 -
Set in the early 2000’s, the series follows Gabby (Sidibe) is a young and aimless woman living with her mom and making half-hearted attempts to become a singer/model and overnight millionaire.
— Breanna Bell, Variety, 26 Apr. 2023 -
Facing a torrent of controversy over his flippant flub, Sliwa gave a half-hearted apology over calling the man a migrant.
— Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 9 Feb. 2024 -
Ultimately, though, these proposals feel weak and half-hearted.
— Evan Kindley, The New York Review of Books, 16 Feb. 2023 -
Trump later Tuesday appeared to criticize the efforts happening in Washington–in what could be read as a half-hearted endorsement of McCarthy.
— WSJ, 4 Oct. 2023 -
The comedic elements, even when featuring seasoned comedians like Chris Parnell (who appears as one-eyed vault dweller), often feel more like half-hearted ideas than actual bits.
— Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2024 -
Republicans have listened and have made half-hearted, dishonest pledges to protect those arguments.
— Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 28 Mar. 2023 -
Marcello is drawn to Aimée’s Maddalena, who is beautiful and exceptionally rich but also bored and apathetic, and his wooing of her is half-hearted.
— Carmel Dagan, Variety, 18 June 2024 -
However, Twitter, in an apparently half-hearted effort, put together a report of mere 80 pages.
— Mimansa Verma, Quartz, 29 May 2023 -
Monk heads to a bar, still armored in his regal half-hearted cheerfulness but on the brink of his alternate register, a discreetly exasperated-ecstatic one.
— Harmony Holiday, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2023 -
Youngkin’s seemingly half-hearted efforts to get the attention of the former president could be further evidence that the governor was never interested in the role as Trump’s vice president, after all.
— Elizabeth Beyer, USA TODAY, 15 June 2024 -
The hypothesis, unconfirmed, is that the collab is a half-hearted attempt at generating brand awareness among the Midwestern and Floridian disposable incomes that might become a route to expansion.
— Lauren Oyler, Harper’s Magazine , 10 Apr. 2023 -
So far, post-credits teasers bridging Sony’s spin-offs to Disney’s own continuity via interdimensional travel have been seen as half-hearted and, ultimately, unsuccessful.
— J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 29 Jan. 2024 -
But those responsible typically offer only half-hearted apologies or remain unrepentant, while their millions of views discourage reflection.
— WIRED, 28 July 2023 -
Bowles also criticized investigators for a half-hearted investigation into the source of the bullets during the Gutierrez Reed trial.
— Gene Maddaus, Variety, 11 July 2024
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