halfheartedness

Example Sentences

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With a World Cup title both unprecedented and unexpected, it seemed the French had floated away from their halfheartedness about sports, however fallacious that premise.

From Washington Post • Jul. 14, 2018

Peretz’s published apology surprised even his supporters in its halfheartedness.

From New York Times • Jan. 24, 2011

But Gorbachev's major concern remained his economic- reform program, stalled, he complained, by "inconsistency, indecision, halfheartedness, zigzagging and even backpedaling."

From Time Magazine Archive

As a result, much of The Heat's On has the weary, if good-humored, halfheartedness of "Stop me if you've heard this one."

From Time Magazine Archive

She was wounded by the halfheartedness in his texting and calling, the limpness of his efforts.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie