Sentence examples similar to a half hearted attempt from inspiring English sources

But this was, by Arum's standards, a half-hearted attempt.

She made a half-hearted attempt to pull him away.

Many of the podcasts begin with an apology from Mr. Maron — or at least a half-hearted attempt at one.

He made a half-hearted attempt to look for sassafras, and then gratefully accepted a ride back to the dock.

The sun made a half-hearted attempt to appear around noon, then gave up and went back to bed.

In 1901, very tired of London" he made a half-hearted attempt at suicide, the first of several.

Their current outing, the £99 streaming box Apple TV, has been seen by many as only a half-hearted attempt to move into the market.

There was a half-hearted attempt at another coup in November, though it was swatted back quickly and without any bloodshed.

There is talk of help from Russia, but so far this seems to be more a half-hearted attempt to force the Europeans' hand.

There is a half-hearted attempt to link the generation-gap jokes to the lectures on documentary ethics, but it doesn't work.

It was disturbing to watch -- one of us even made a half-hearted attempt to get the boys to stop -- but what was most disturbing were the implications.