Example sentences for: halfhearted

How can you use “halfhearted” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The Times attributed Pataki's halfhearted endorsement to "pressure from national Republican leaders to head off a fratricidal battle that could only help" Hillary Clinton.

  • Springer's excuses are halfhearted (not to mention contradictory--it's not consistent to say that television doesn't create values, then lecture your audience about values).

  • He works himself into a fake froth; does some calculated, halfhearted gonzo writing; then collects a fat check.

  • Analysts construed the project as a coalition bid for mainstream credibility; the Washington Post portrayed it as a halfhearted repackaging of the coalition's standard fare.

  • (For Slate Editor Michael Kinsley's take on Dole's and Bush's halfhearted pro-life stances, click .)


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