Sentence examples for half-hearted efforts from inspiring English sources

Half-hearted efforts to prosecute started and were dropped.

The Obama administration's half-hearted efforts at diplomacy with Tehran have given engagement a bad name.

They continued their half-hearted efforts even after the referee stepped in and warned them (pictured).

The official exchange rate is 4.47.The government has made half-hearted efforts to crack down on the black market.

These half-hearted efforts have included pickups (now defunct) that couldn't save fuel, but could run your power tools.

At G turnstile, Coventry fans without tickets were making half-hearted efforts to bribe entry: "Come on... for £20... for £25... come on..."....

Mentors must commit for the long haul; theirs can't be a half-hearted effort.

In a tragic-comic episode, even the Taliban has made a half-hearted effort at an apology.

The rust showed, and on his third and final run, he conceded defeat, giving a half-hearted effort.

(The brothers' being joined — but only briefly — at the head is an example of this slightly half-hearted effort).

The power struggle began as a result of Boris Yeltsin's half-hearted effort to reform the military.