Examples of 'halfhearted' in a sentence

Meaning of "halfhearted"

Halfhearted is an adjective used to describe something done without enthusiasm or effort
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  • Lacking full energy, effort, commitment, or resolve.
  • Lacking in heart or spirit; ungenerous; unkind.

How to use "halfhearted" in a sentence

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Despite her halfhearted attempts to assert herself.
I did those things with halfhearted feelings.
A halfhearted desire for change never works.
I have never known you to be depressed or halfhearted or unheroic.
I regret their halfhearted attitude to combatting fraud.
The trade protectionism looks halfhearted.
His halfhearted apology could barely satisfy anyone.
I would even accept a halfhearted attempt.
Halfhearted will only get you halfway there.
They were even bother with halfhearted attitude.
A few halfhearted boos.
But most of the strikes were halfhearted.
But he is not to be served with halfhearted hesitancy or doublehearted hypocrisy.
Their obedience was not partial or halfhearted.
Despite its halfhearted nature.

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But the good news is that your efforts are not halfhearted.
Nothing but our own halfhearted desire for truth.
His earlier halfhearted attempts to pose as a fellow evangelical were amusing and entirely unconvincing.
You say you are tired as a halfhearted excuse for not noticing.
Attenborough has elected to make a more or less straightforward film version that is fatally halfhearted.
Troublesome and halfhearted.
But we can not be halfhearted in this It is painful to lose men.
There is no sense being halfhearted.
It was a halfhearted yes.
Is also not a religion that accepts part time or halfhearted commitment.
It was halfhearted.
Such sluggishness can only lead to weak churches and halfhearted ministries.
Halfhearted people are vomited by God.
Desertion of the halfhearted.
Halfhearted cheering But I had to compromise to do it.
These are too often answered with halfhearted comments or even shoulder shrugs.
I can not see this business of apologizing for the gospel with a halfhearted program.
The Bush administration made only a halfhearted effort to block the SWIFT story.
You can not discover and realize your purpose in life with halfhearted efforts.
Whether my teaching is halfhearted isn't for you to decide.
The words that Shuri let out sure sounded halfhearted.
And I have to appear on stage halfhearted like the way I feel now.
Applause is heard from the crowd, mostly halfhearted.
I don't need this halfhearted attitude and grumbling.
But Thihathu order seemed halfhearted.
In this crisis, no halfhearted efforts will prove successful.
Courtesy of men like you who have created this halfhearted and peaceful era.
This guy's been halfhearted since a long time ago.
It is better to be a whole-souled worldling than a halfhearted religionist.
You are so halfhearted about everything!
Begging for your autographs . halfhearted cheering.
Gabriel makes a halfhearted attempt to close the gate, failing to shut it properly.
Eventually the Germans attempted a halfhearted rescue operation.
All-consuming or halfhearted relationships are unhealthy and both types are guided by fear.
During his absence Marina makes a desperate but somewhat halfhearted attempt to escape from her captivity.

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