How to Use tepid in a Sentence

tepid

adjective
  • He gave a tepid performance.
  • My suggestion was given a tepid response.
  • Instead, the slik, as the Dutch call the mud here, was silky and tepid.
    Elizabeth Hewitt, Travel + Leisure, 2 July 2023
  • Her hands are tepid, not cold, and her skin is soft and pale.
    Olga Tokarczuk, The New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2021
  • Wash the greens: Fill a sink or large basin with tepid water.
    The New York Times News Service Syndicate, The Denver Post, 12 Dec. 2019
  • The Canucks’ offensive push once Utah took the lead was laboured and tepid.
    Harman Dayal, The Athletic, 17 Mar. 2025
  • Rozin says the system worked like a dream, but the school’s response was tepid.
    New York Times, 27 Dec. 2021
  • Since the news broke, the Dodgers have twice failed their fans with tepid responses.
    Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2021
  • And yet, the team’s increase within the model was tepid.
    Dom Luszczyszyn, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
  • The Kardashians are left to film their life with iPhones, and the vibe becomes tepid.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 17 Nov. 2020
  • The tepid response shouldn’t come as a surprise to Coleman.
    al, 25 Jan. 2023
  • Burr had made more tepid remarks about the threat in public.
    Matthew Mosk, ABC News, 19 Mar. 2020
  • Large, firm-leafed plants may be cleaned with a soft sponge or cloth and tepid water.
    Tim Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 29 Jan. 2022
  • Not least in a year that’s so far seen the tepid The Acolyte and Masters of the Air aligned next to a string of sequels and reboots.
    Geoffrey Bunting, TIME, 5 Aug. 2024
  • But even the Iowans whose support Biden locked down months ago are often tepid about the choice.
    Todd J. Gillman, Dallas News, 3 Feb. 2020
  • The film opened to tepid business, but has remained a cult favorite since then.
    Tim Gray, Variety, 26 July 2023
  • Turn on some hot water so that the water is tepid, and use that to water plants.
    Dan Gill, NOLA.com, 28 Oct. 2020
  • Green should get off to a hot scoring start compared to his tepid start to last season.
    Michael Shapiro, Chron, 19 Oct. 2022
  • Response to the third season of The Bear, one of the most beloved shows of 2023, was tepid and, in some cases, outright hostile.
    Vulture Editors, Vulture, 13 Dec. 2024
  • The offers Kimbrel received as a free agent were tepid at best.
    John Perrotto, Forbes, 9 Apr. 2021
  • So does the tepid level of approval from his own party.
    Todd J. Gillman, Dallas News, 6 Sep. 2020
  • The Kassab family blasted the city for its tepid response to the arson and theft in the downtown core on May 30.
    oregonlive, 2 Apr. 2022
  • The service, which costs $15 a month for subscribers, got off to a tepid start in terms of subscriptions.
    Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2020
  • Fill your sink with tepid to warm water and add a mild detergent.
    Nicole Letts, Southern Living, 9 Mar. 2025
  • The few states that have rolled them out have seen only tepid responses.
    NBC News, 12 June 2020
  • The premise here is as tepid as Miss Marple’s bedtime hot water bottle at break of dawn.
    Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2020
  • That would follow tepid 0.3% growth in the second quarter.
    Jenni Reid, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2024
  • Still, the horsepower in its three-cylinder engine amounts to a tepid 76.
    Tom Krisher, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2023
  • The six-furlong sprint has drawn 10 entries, with Shaaz the tepid morning-line favorite at 7-2.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 July 2022
  • Most Americans would feel the impact of a recession in one way or another, for weaker hiring to tepid wage gains.
    Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 12 Mar. 2025

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