Sentence examples for half-hearted responses from inspiring English sources

If you have a trusted friend whose opinion you value, it's more productive than getting vague or half-hearted responses from people who don't know what to say.

The unwillingness to talk about fatness allows politicians to avoid the issues or offer half-hearted responses; above all else, it enables them to avoid what they fear would be a damaging confrontation with the powerful economic players within the food and drink industry.

If and when this happens, and considering the Bush administration's slow, reluctant or half-hearted responses to other humanitarian crises and disasters, one question will sadly persist: Why does this administration have to be consistently pushed, cajoled and, yes, shamed into doing the right thing?

After half-hearted responses in the press by a handful of psychologists who left the impression that there might be something to these claims after all, there was a certain shift in mood in the news media and among politicians toward Mr. Sarrazin.

After minutes of playing the Gambel's quail call, one gives a half-hearted response.

Nick Skenderian, University of Copenhagen School of Global Health, Denmark Rapid responses to humanitarian emergencies are rare, despite continuing and developing conflicts which result in civilian casualties and food shortages, this trend of lethargic, half-hearted response or inaction is unlikely to change.

They did not look ready to defend themselves against rioters, let alone to try to stop them.Why not read the riot act?There are a number of possible explanations for this half-hearted response to such a big incident.

But the idea slipped away after what appeared to be a half-hearted response from the Obama campaign, which Mr. McCain has not hesitated to point out at campaign stops.

The EU campaigns for a moratorium of executions across the world, yet the half-hearted response to the Morsi judgment means grievances will soon be directed beyond Cairo, and toward Brussels or Washington.

The government was accused of insulting the memory of the five people who lost their lives during the summer riots two years ago by burying a half-hearted response to the independent report of the panel on riots victims and communities.

Have you ever wondered if such a half-hearted response was more than appropriate?