Sentence examples for half-hearted reaction from inspiring English sources

Regional observers now see Russia's 2008 invasion as a test run for its even bloodier intervention in Ukraine – encouraged, many Georgians say, by the west's half-hearted reaction back then.

Our risk-management response was half-hearted.

In the face of this predicament, the reaction of senior diplomats has been half-hearted.

Cone said he had a reaction similar to Mussina's, a half-hearted smile and a bit of self-pity.

The state's response has been half-hearted.

In order to protect their dominant position, their natural reaction is to underestimate or dismiss the competition, or if they react to do it in a half-hearted way in order to protect their more mature and lucrative markets.

But her straight disguises are half-hearted.

Reform has been piecemeal and half-hearted.

But even his protests sounded half-hearted.

This was not a half-hearted judgment.

Their denials are less than half-hearted..