half-hearted|half hearted in English
showing little enthusiasm, lacking spirit, perfunctory, apathetic
Use "half-hearted|half hearted" in a sentence
1. I made a half-hearted Attempt …
2. Her apology was very half-hearted.
3. Their criticism, however, was half-hearted.
4. Nor was it a half-hearted anthropomorphism.
5. Government action has been half-hearted and uncoordinated.
6. The Conservative government has made a half-hearted attempt to tax company cars - half-hearted because it fears upsetting natural Tory voters.
7. Congress has made half-hearted attempts at finance reform.
8. He made a half-hearted attempt to justify himself.
9. Indeed, half-hearted human-rights diplomacy can backfire nastily.
10. Yves had made a half-hearted attempt to be friendly.
11. Periodically, Congress has made half-hearted attempts at finance reform.
12. Discs' efforts in this direction have been decidedly half-hearted.
13. 4 Indeed, half-hearted human-rights diplomacy can backfire nastily.
14. Sir Thomas Blount's half-hearted investigation into Amy's death was absolutely barren.
15. He made a rather half-hearted attempt to clear up the rubbish.
16. As he drew near she made a half-hearted move to rise.
17. His efforts, the Duke recollected many years later, were distinctly half-hearted.
18. 19 His efforts, the Duke recollected many years later, were distinctly half-hearted.
19. She glanced through the window in a half-hearted attempt to tell the hour.
20. People are starting to criticize the government for its half-hearted approach to reform.
21. When I threw a half-hearted punch in his general direction, he knocked me down.
22. I'd only mentioned sheep in a half-hearted attempt to change the subject of conversation.
23. No applause interrupted the speech, and only brief, half-hearted, clapping was heard at the end.
24. Even since the war industrial relocation schemes for rural areas have been half-hearted and inadequate.
25. For what did they know of her half-hearted attempts at abortion, the years' endurance.Sentence dictionary