How to Use half-hearted in a Sentence

half-hearted

adjective

• 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
• But the suspense is half-hearted, and the picture’s vaporous approach to incident remains.
  — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
• 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
• There are many shows left before Nov. 5, so get ready for a lot of grunting half-hearted Trump voices and Rudolph making a wide range of perplexed expressions.
  — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2024
• His half-hearted attempt to apologize on a celebrity talk show only digs him in deeper.
  — Peter Debruge, Variety, 20 Oct. 2023
• The status quo of half-hearted diplomacy in the Pacific will not suffice at a time when China is ramping up its presence in the region.
  — Charles Edel, Foreign Affairs, 10 Oct. 2024
• Youngkin had made half-hearted overtures to the former president on social media and in cable news segments.
  — Elizabeth Beyer, USA TODAY, 15 June 2024
• 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
• Tim Burton before all those half-hearted Disney remakes.
  — Constance Grady, Vox, 6 Sep. 2024
• 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
• Larraín makes a half-hearted attempt to recast Callas as a feminist martyr, alleging, as obliquely as possible, that she was once forced to trade her body to soldiers for cash and food.
  — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2024
• 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 prior Deadpool films were scuzzy and cobbled together, even as the budget grew; the cameos from other Marvel characters felt half-hearted and perfunctory, inclusions for Deadpool to roll his eyes at, not for fans to cheer over.
  — David Sims, The Atlantic, 23 July 2024
• Consumers are more discerning than ever and can easily see through half-hearted or ingenuine statements.
  — Jennifer Acree, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
• 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

Last Updated: 25 Jan 2025