How to Use lackluster in a Sentence

lackluster

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• For each, the last half-dozen of those games have been lackluster.
  — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Feb. 2023
• Does the end of ‘easy money’ mean the end of lackluster training?
  — Byjane Thier, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2023
• For years, the VA has been dogged by reports of lengthy wait times and lackluster service.
  — Ryan King, Washington Examiner, 24 May 2023
• This site is lackluster, but a good option for those who might need to break up a long day.
  — Cassidy Randall, Travel + Leisure, 5 Mar. 2023
• On the flipside, Tesla stock sank 18% off the bank of a lackluster earnings call.
  — Q.ai - Powering A Personal Wealth Movement, Forbes, 5 May 2023
• Using the wrong products for your hair type can lead to oily roots, flaky skin and lackluster strands.
  — Caitie Kelly, New York Times, 29 Jan. 2024
• Results from the deal with Markle and Prince Harry have been more lackluster.
  — Paolo Confino, Fortune, 25 Sep. 2023
• Young was great in Year 2, even if the pieces around him produced a lackluster defense.
  — Stephen Means, cleveland, 17 Aug. 2022
• By half time, some in the crowd appeared a bit stunned by the lackluster U.S. performance so far.
  — NBC News, 1 Aug. 2023
• The intro was first revealed at the start of the show’s second episode, and some critics found it a bit lackluster.
  — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 June 2024
• Read more on how the opaque drug pricing process leads patients to choose this lackluster hack.
  — Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 15 Aug. 2024
• And while the record is lackluster and the play has been pedestrian, there’s not enough reason to panic.
  — Dj Siddiqi, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2022
• Despite a lackluster performance thus far, The Gray Man has remained on the charts for the first 23 days of its run.
  — Travis Bean, Forbes, 14 Aug. 2022
• He’s come up in huge moments for the Oilers after a lackluster three games to start.
  — Jackson Castellano, Sun Sentinel, 19 June 2024
• In the premiere, the 10 finalists have to direct a scene from the lackluster Gray Matter script, and Winbush’s scene is the best.
  — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 July 2023
• Streaming audio over Wi-Fi is the main use case here, so the lackluster codec option isn't too big a deal.
  — PCMAG, 17 Sep. 2023
• The screen is a bit lackluster, but 12 gigabytes of RAM is plenty at this price.
  — Medea Giordano, WIRED, 8 Apr. 2024
• Fitbit’s patent is cool, but its last few months have been lackluster.
  — Victoria Song, The Verge, 10 Feb. 2023
• Something about the recycled air on a plane has a way of making your skin look and feel parched and lackluster.
  — Chris Heasman, Travel + Leisure, 9 May 2024
• The lackluster day came in a busy week for corporate earnings.
  — Harold Maass, The Week, 2 Aug. 2023
• Column: Could changes be coming to the Cubs after a lackluster stretch?
  — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 24 May 2024
• And McDaniel had just the play to liven up a lackluster season opener with some flair.
  — Safid Deen, USA TODAY, 11 Sep. 2022
• Bam Adebayo and Tyler Herro should be able to thrive against a lackluster defense.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 5 Jan. 2024
• And, of course, there was the lackluster effort in the second half that kept things interesting.
  — Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 1 Feb. 2023
• Aside from the high-profile court cases, much of 2023 was a fairly lackluster year for crypto.
  — Rachel Lin, Fortune, 26 Jan. 2024
• The sole available vaccine was lackluster; the microbe had rapidly evolved resistance to the drugs used to fight it.
  — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 15 Dec. 2023
• He’s credited with turning things around for the team after a lackluster start to the season.
  — Char Adams, NBC News, 30 Sep. 2022
• Overall, the performance of WPM stock with respect to the index has been lackluster.
  — Trefis Team, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
• The same thing can be said for the 49ers as a whole following their latest lackluster effort against Kansas City.
  — Vincent Frank, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
• The Broncos offense in the first half, especially in the opening quarter, has been lackluster.
  — Ryan McFadden, The Denver Post, 16 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 16 Nov 2024