Sentence examples for A halfhearted attempt from inspiring English sources

A halfhearted attempt to propagate Protestantism in Ireland had largely failed by the 1590s among both the Gaelic Irish and the so-called Old English (descendants of the Anglo-Normans).

Charlene was making a halfhearted attempt to straighten the room.

After making a halfhearted attempt to assist, she flees.

Maybe you make a halfhearted attempt to brush it clean.

He makes a halfhearted attempt to get the singalong going again before giving up.

Some will resort to veiling their own opinions in a halfhearted attempt to direct the decision.

Anything that's done in a thoughtful, systematic and persistent way has a far better chance of success, than a scattered, halfhearted attempt.

It was, in retrospect, a final, halfhearted attempt to succeed in the gospel mainstream.

This is a biased and halfhearted attempt at worst, and a detached perspective of FIFA's internal problems with entrenching members at best.

Hollywood made a few halfhearted attempts to see if his dopey-dangerous Dogpatch charm could be converted into comedic leading-man status, and he landed starring roles in "The Ringer" and a film version of "The Dukes of Hazzard".

Eugene O'Neill made a few halfhearted attempts at following in his actor father's footsteps before heading off on the long journey that would eventually result in some of the American theater's greatest plays.